South Carolina's Senate Minority Caucus filed an objection on Friday with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) , asking for the rejection of the state's new voter identification law. The caucus, comprised of Democrats in the state Senate,...
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Spain's major political parties, the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Popular Party (PP) , reached an agreement on Friday to modify the country's constitution with provisions that will regulate the limits of the...
The Arizona Attorney General filed a suit on Thursday asking for an injunction on portions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) , arguing that it is unconstitutional for a state to clear any...
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged the Brazilian government to revoke the 1979 Amnesty Law , which shields military officials from prosecution for crimes committed during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship. In...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a new regulation on Thursday requiring employers to post their employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act in the workplace. These rights include the...
The Chief Justice of Hungary, Andras Baka, has petitioned the Hungarian Supreme Court to review a recently enacted law that he claims gives prosecutors too much power and violates the European...
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana on Thursday urged the government of Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses and improve its rights record . Speaking at the end...
The Taiwan High Court on Friday overturned the conviction of former president Chen Shui-bian on charges of embezzling state funds but sentenced him to additional jail...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday ruled against five states in their latest efforts to stop Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes. Officials fear that the 100-pound fish,...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday gave former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic six days to respond to a motion to split his...
