A Stuttgart Public Prosecutor brought charges Monday in a district court in Mannheim against a 94-year-old former Schutzstaffel (SS) guard of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp for aiding and abetting the murders committed in the camp. The man,...
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The US Supreme Court held 5-4 Tuesday that the term "aggravated felony" in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) , as it relates to §16(b) of the federal criminal code , is "unconstitutionally void for vagueness"...
The Albuquerque City Council in New Mexico passed an immigrant-friendly proposal Monday, upholding and reinforcing the city's commitment to "treat all persons with respect and dignity, regardless of their immigration status." The resolution prohibits city officials from...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Monday that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit challenging the company's facial recognition and "tagging" technology. Judge James Donato ruled that...
The US Supreme Court began its last oral argument session on Monday with two cases. At issue in the first case, Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States is whether stocks given to employees...
In a referendum Sunday, Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly to request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolve the country's centuries-old territorial dispute with Belize. On Monday the government of Belize issued a press...
Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye , who was sentenced to 24 years in prison earlier this month, has decided not to appeal, according to a filing Monday. Park has submitted her intention not to proceed with...
The government of Pakistan has failed to resolve several human rights issues within the past year, according to a report released Monday by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) . According to the HRCP, issues such...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and left in place the 14-year sentence imposed by Judge James Zagel of the US District Court for...
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) released a report on Monday finding that the judicial proceedings under which former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed were convicted "contained serious flaws and violated his right to a...
