A partnership of voting rights groups on Friday filed suit against Brian Newby , executive director for the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), alleging that his recent decision limiting the use of national voter registration in...
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The West Virginia Legislature passed the WV Workplace Freedom Act on Friday, overruling a veto by the Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin the day before. West Virginia is now the twenty-sixth state ...
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Thursday upheld President Nicolás Maduro's "economic emergency decree" as legal and valid despite Congress's rejection. The decree allows the president to control the budget, companies and the currency. The opposition-led Congress maintained...
UN human rights experts urged the Nigerian government Friday to guarantee the safety of areas liberated from Boko Haram. The UN experts expressed concern for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning home to these areas after...
Amnesty International (AI) reported on Thursday that nearly five years after Bahrain's Day of Rage protests sparked international concern over Bahraini government accountability in human rights, the hope for reform has dwindled. In Bahrain, February...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Thursday ordered a Bosnian man to be deported after he pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms about his criminal history during the Bosnian war....
The Supreme Court of Kansas upheld a decision on Thursday that found unequal state educational funding to be unconstitutional. The court gave the state's legislature until June 30 to implement a valid dispersal of funds. If...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that hostilities in eastern Ukraine have damaged or destroyed hundreds of schools, many of which were being used for military purposes. According to a detailed investigative report , government forces...
A Moroccan judge on Thursday ordered the release of Younis Chekkouri, a former Guantanamo detainee who had remained in custody for nearly five months despite diplomatic assurances that he would be freed after his transfer to the country...
UN Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Territories Makarim Wibisono urged Israel on Thursday to address its use of excessive force against Palestinians and to charge or release all administrative detainees. In a report to the UN Human...
