UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay criticized China on Thursday for welcoming Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir rather than arresting him to stand trial. Al-Bashir has been accused of...
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The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Thursday released to Lebanese authorities an indictment with four arrest warrants in relation to the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri [BBC profile;...
The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday approved a same-sex civil union bill by a vote of 21-16 . The bill is identical to a version of the bill passed in the House...
The New Jersey Legislature Tuesday passed a bill to completely ban hydraulic fracturing , or "fracking," a controversial technique used to release natural shale gas. The Senate passed the bill 33-1 and then...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday contesting a bankruptcy court ruling that the Defense of Marriage...
The Chinese government has implemented measures aimed at suppressing lawyers pursuing human rights cases , Amnesty International (AI) reported Thursday. The report, entitled "Against the Law: Crackdown on China's Human Rights Lawyers Deepens," presents...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday found the individual mandate provision of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) constitutional. The Thomas...
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa announced on Wednesday that an independent commission will investigate human rights violations related to the country's pro-democracy protests. During a televised speech , Khalifa indicated that he had ordered a...
Oman's Misdemeanour Court of First Instance in Muscat sentenced 13 protesters on Wednesday, handing five-year sentences to seven of the activists. Those seven were charged with shutting down a government organization. Six others were given...
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a notice of appeal Tuesday challenging a preliminary injunction blocking parts of a state law denying that medicaid funds go to Planned Parenthood...
