The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging North Carolina's controversial House Bill 2 . The DOJ alleges that North Carolina is discriminating against transgender individuals in violation of federal law. The...
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A Miami judge ruled Monday that Florida's revamped death penalty law is unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous agreement among jurors to approve executions. The law , enacted in March, only requires...
Three UN rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian government end its oppressive response towards human rights advocates in the country. The experts reported that Egypt has cracked down on protesters, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Mississippi filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Mississippi's controversial House Bill 1523 . The law, set to take effect July 1, allows state employees to refuse...
Egyptian Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek on Sunday referred at least 67 individuals for criminal proceedings in the assassination of chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat. The move comes after it was announced that six individuals were arrested or being...
The Hellenic Parliament voted Monday to reform their tax and pension systems in order to ensure the economic turn around of the country. The controversial reforms were apart of the agenda of Prime...
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory filed a complaint for declaratory judgment Monday asking the federal court to weigh in on the legality of North Carolina's controversial House Bill 2 . The move comes after the US...
A UN human rights experts on Saturday said that detainees in Sri Lanka are still experiencing torture as a tactic used by criminal and terrorism investigators seven years after the country's civil war ended. The comments were made ...
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including three journalists, to death for allegedly leaking state secrets to Qatar. The three journalists were tried in absentia and will have the ability to appeal the ruling. However, a...
An El Salvador court agreed on Saturday to consider a civil case against former president Mauricio Funes for alleged illicit enrichment. An unexplained USD $728,000 in expenditures and income is being investigated, but no criminal charges [AP...
