The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal by the state of Indiana challenging a lower court decision that blocked patient reimbursement through Medicaid if the health providers performed abortions as a part...
The UN special rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights Magdalena Sepulveda on Tuesday presented her annual report to the UN Human Rights Council. Sepulveda urged world governments to enable participation amongst persons living...
Former Michigan Supreme Court justice Diane Hathaway was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison for bank fraud. Hathaway concealed assets while dealing with a bank to arrange a short sale on her home, which...
Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday. He is charged with having laundered...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that he wants to punish those people who deny that atrocities occurred during the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, which was widely held responsible for the...
Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi sent a bill to the country's interim parliament on Monday that would regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The most recent draft allocates wider financial autonomy to civic associations and NGOs. According to...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in McQuiggin v. Perkins that "actual innocence ... serves as a gateway through which a petitioner may pass" in a federal habeas action. In Schlup...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Trevino v. Thaler that last term's decision in Martinez v. Ryan on ineffective assistance of counsel claims should apply in this...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases. In Rosemond v. United States the court will decide whether the offense of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the opening of the spring session of the UN’s Human Rights Council on Monday spoke against continued war crimes and crimes against humanity occurring in Syria....