Armed groups have been committing war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing violence in three central provinces between November 2014 and April...
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Two UN human rights experts have urged Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to halt the planned execution of a man with psychological disabilities. William Morva, a US Hungarian national, was convicted and sentenced to death for the...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday ruled 2-1 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot suspend a rule requiring oil and gas companies to fix and reduce...
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida ruled on Monday that amendments made to the state's "stand your ground" laws last month are unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Milton Hirsch found that SB 128, the law in question,...
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Maciej Szpunar, on Tuesday declared that EU member states were entitled to "prohibit and punish the illegal exercise of a transport activity such as UberPop without...
Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday scheduled the execution of Mark Asay which will be the state's first execution in nearly two years. The execution of death row inmates in Florida had been halted after their sentencing procedure...
The Peru Congress on Monday unanimously voted to remove the Comptroller, Edgar Alarcon, from office. The vote to remove Alarcon was initiated over accusations that he gave public funds to the mother of his...
A judge for the US District Court of Southern California issued a preliminary injunction on Friday to stop California from implementing a ban against high capacity gun magazines. In 2016 California citizens approved Proposition 63 [text,...
The US and Britain urged the Russian government on Friday to further the investigation into the assassination of Boris Nemtsov. Five Chechan men were convicted on Thursday for the murder of the opposition politician. The US Department of...
The United Kingdom (UK) government on Sunday announced its withdrawal from a fishing arrangement made with other countries allowing them to fish within the UK waters. The London Fisheries Convention , originally signed in 1964, allowed Irish, Dutch, French, German,...
