The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously struck down a constitutional challenge to a California law that criminalizes prostitution. The lawsuit was brought by three self-acknowledged prostitutes, a potential...
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The Ukraine parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill Thursday that recognizes regions currently under Russia-backed separatist control as "occupied" and supports retrieving those areas through political and diplomatic means while allowing for military action. The bill was...
Iraq's Federal Supreme Court decided Wednesday to establish the Council of the Union, or the Federal Council, which will oversee provisions passed by parliament. The need for the council is stated in article 48 of the...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday announced that it will bar Haitians from receiving H-2A and H-2B visas, which provide foreign workers access to the US for temporary agricultural and seasonal work. DHS...
The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Wednesday declared Canada's practice of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons unconstitutional and stated that the practice violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The plaintiffs included non-profit groups...
Romania has made little progress against corruption in state institutions, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) . In the report, GRECO said that concerns regarding the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its annual report Thursday, covering global human rights issues from late 2016 through November 2017, and more than 90 countries. It highlights human rights problems occurring in Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Russia,...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday introduced the new Conscience and Freedom of Religion Division . The purpose of this program is to reinforce preexisting legislation protecting "fundamental and unalienable rights of...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo Wednesday outlining policy changes to help combat the caseload backup throughout immigration courts over the past few years. This memo seeks to address the former policies that...
The UK House of Commons voted 324-295 on Wednesday to pass the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill , also known as as the "Brexit" bill, after concluding its third and final reading of the bill....
