The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday in Isaacson v. Horne to consider a new Arizona abortion regulation that would ban...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Comcast v. Behrend the court heard arguments on how much judicial discretion is allowed when certifying a class...
The military hearing for a US Army sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in March began on Monday and is expected to last the remainder of the week. Sgt. Robert Bales was originally charged with 17 counts of...
Amnesty International (AI) and several other international human rights groups on Monday urged South Sudan to join the majority of UN members that have abolished the death penalty . In particular, the groups...
Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani released a statement though the Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations on Monday that any effort to undermine the military by creating a wedge between it and the...
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) , a coalition of 164 human rights groups, released a statement on Monday criticizing the current draft of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) [official website; JURIST news...
The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday reported that the Government of the Republic of South Sudan has expelled a UN human rights investigator from the country. South Sudan reportedly ejected UN...
A body of UN independent experts submitted its report to the General Assembly on Friday regarding specific groups of individuals whose human rights are put at risk by transnational business activities. The Working Group on...
Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers and citizens took to the streets of Colombo on Monday to protest the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake , the chief justice and lone woman on the country's Supreme Court. The protesters waved placards...
A moratorium has been enacted on Malawi's laws barring same-sex marriage and homosexuality, Malawi Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara announced on Monday. According to him, the laws were suspended to enable to the country...
