The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned the Fourth Circuit's decision, concluding that the Virginia state court did not unreasonably apply the court's decision from Graham v. Florida . Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act...
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The US Supreme Court overturned the Ninth Circuit's decision in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker on Monday, denying plaintiffs the opportunity to appeal a trial court's decision before a final judgment is rendered when the...
The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge a recently passed bill that they claim unlawfully targets immigrants. One provision of Senate Bill 4 (SB4) permits authorities to demand...
UN expert on freedom of religion Ahmed Shaheed stated on Monday that Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen must end harassment against the Bahá'í community in Sana'a. Shaheed's statement was prompted by reports of increased arbitrary...
The US State Department said Monday that it has evidence showing the Syrian government has been using crematoriums to dispose of inmates' bodies in the Saydnaya prison . Assistant Secretary of State for Near East...
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that it has found new evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in at least four recent attacks targeting civilians. The groups said that local residents...
Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Thursday that the Turkish Constitutional Court would reject any opposition challenge to a referendum that expanded President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, and the European Court of Human...
The South Africa Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Environmental Affairs's (SADEA) appeal to maintain the moratorium on domestic trade of rhino horn on Wednesday. The moratorium was issued in 2009 under section 57(2) of the...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum on Monday, ordering the Department of Justice to undertake a comprehensive review of all police reform activities issued during the Obama administration. During the Obama...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii granted the state of Hawaii's request on Wednesday to convert the temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban [executive...
