The California State Assembly voted 51-21 on Tuesday to ban reparative therapy intended to change sexual orientation in minors. The bill , authored by state Senator Ted Lieu, seeks to provide protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
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A Missouri law allowing police to track individuals' cell phones in emergencies was challenged in a federal lawsuit Monday claiming that the state law conflicts with federal law. The complaint , filed on behalf of...
An Indian court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city, on Wednesday convicted 32 individuals for their roles in the deaths of 95 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots . Among the convicted was Maya Kodnani, the...
Ukraine's highest court on Wednesday upheld the abuse of office conviction against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The country's Supreme Court reasoned that there would be...
A panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday that the proposed Texas voting map discriminates against black and Latino voters. Texas' population grew by 4.3 million, which gave it four more seats in the US House of...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven Somalis in a lawsuit against former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar [JURIST...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Italy's ban on embryonic screening is a violation of human rights. According to a press release issued by the court, the ban is a...
The Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights , an independent advisory body, on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of the recent guilty verdict and sentence for three members of the Russian feminist activist group...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that by not allowing Indiana citizens to appeal erroneous entries on the state Sex and Violent Offender Registry the Indiana Department of...
The Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterr announced Tuesday that a three-judge panel will investigate the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat . The investigation was prompted in August by...
