A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stated that women...
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Twenty-three state attorneys general, led by New York's Eric Schneiderman , filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday challenging the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) reversal...
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants who are pregnant women, mothers with young children or people with disabilities, who are accused of non-violent crimes, will not be detained in jail...
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan released a report Friday identifying 43 high-profile military personnel who may be responsible for war crimes. Among those identified are eight Lieutenant Generals, 17 Major Generals, eight...
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was indicted on a charge of felony invasion of privacy on Thursday. Greitens was charged with one count of first degree invasion of privacy for knowingly photographing K.S. in a state of full or partial...
The Oregon legislature on Thursday approved HB 4145 , which amends current statutes relating to firearm ownership. The bill amends language of the original bill to include "a family or household member" and other language to cover relationships other than...
Myanmar officials have been bulldozing depopulated Rohingya villages that were previously the targets of arson by the government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. Satellite images have shown that at least 55 villages were cleared since...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a new indictment leveling 32 new charges against Paul Manafort and Richard Gates in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Thursday. The charges include 23...
A large group of law firms and prominent law professors, led by David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP, alongside the Leauge of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has filed four lawsuits challenging the...
Amnesty International (AI) launched its 2017 Report Thursday, highlighting human rights issues in 159 countries and territories across the world. The report recognizes conflict, poverty, refugee crises and discrimination. In a foreword, AI Secretary General Salil Shetty called...
