Attorneys for Chelsea Manning, the former US military soldier who leaked secrets to WikiLeaks , on Thursday, filed a brief to appeal her 35-year prison term for violating the Espionage Act. Manning is asserting that...
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The Oklahoma legislature approved a resolution Thursday asking Congress to impeach President Barack Obama over his administration's guidance on ensuring the protection and inclusion of transgender individuals in federal civil rights law. The legislators...
The Pentagon announced Friday that the Periodic Review Board (PRB) has cleared Afghani Guantanamo detainee Obaidullah for release after almost 15 years of detainment. Obaidullah was captured in November 2002 when...
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights , Nils Muiznieks, criticized prisons in Belgium Friday for their "rapidly deteriorat living conditions. This statement, posted to Facebook , comes during a three-week strike by prison workers throughout the...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday ordered Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers appearing in multiple states to take ethics classes after finding DOJ lawyers...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Thursday that Virginia's voter identification law is constitutional. The plaintiffs challenged SB 1256 , which requires that voters have a valid...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday repeated its earlier request for the Mexican government to investigate human rights violations in Tlatlaya in Mexico State. Among the...
Moise Katumbi, Democratic Republic of Congo presidential hopeful, was indicted on Thursday for hiring foreign mercenaries. According to a Reuters report, Katumbi is claimed to have hired the mercenaries in a plot against the state ...
The UK's High Court of Justice struck down a challenge by several cigarette companies against requiring plain packaging on cigarette packaging. In its almost 400-page decision , the court upheld the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products...
The Oklahoma Legislature approved a bill Thursday that would criminalize performing abortions. The bill, SB 1552 , reads in pertinent part, "no person shall perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman," and "...
