UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Tuesday for the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to cease the recent violence which has led to civilian casualties on both sides. Pillay...
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The Rwandan high court ruled Wednesday that the case against opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza will continue despite her announcement this week that she refuses to attend further proceedings. The court's ruling ...
Muslim Cleric Abu Qatada lodged and appeal of his deportation from the UK with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday. He cannot be deported to Jordan until his appeal is answered. The...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a portion of an Arizona voter registration law requiring voters to show identification at the polls, while striking down a provision that further...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a request for information to the US Department of Defense on Tuesday under the under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Dorsey v. United States on whether minimum sentencing mandates in the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) should be applied to crimes...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Filarsky v. Delia that a private individual temporarily retained by the government to carry out its work is entitled to seek qualified immunity [Cornell LII...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd v. Novo Nordisk A/S that a generic drug manufacturer may employ the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act to...
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Tuesday approved the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani man suspected of preparing terrorist attacks on an American military base in Afghanistan in 2010. The suspect, known under Dutch...
James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State in Nigeria, was convicted in a UK court on Tuesday on 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Ibori,...
