The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unaimously Tuesday that a blogger does not have the same privilege to protect her sources as other journalists in traditional media. The court found that a New Jersey "shield law" [NJSA...
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A federal judge on Tuesday permitted two environmental groups to sue a Texas refinery owned by ExxonMobil Corp. for failing to enforce federal environmental standards. The Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed the lawsuit [Reuters...
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances called Wednesday for China to address its practice of "enforced disappearances" and reveal the location of 355 detained Tibetan monks . In April, Chinese...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has continued to commit crimes against humanity in Darfur [JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of the new health care reform law and its individual mandate requiring citizens to purchase health insurance....
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday indicted five men for contempt over allegations of witness tampering. Two indictees include former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council...
US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , Wednesday appealed the dismissal of his lawsuit against government officials over his detention in a military prison....
The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday announced that Bahrain has agreed to permit a UN commission to investigate human rights violations related to pro-democratic...
A Philippine court on Tuesday froze USD $23 million worth of assets owned by the Ampatuan family, who are accused of ordering the killing of 57 people. The Philippines Department of Justice (PDOJ) had implicated Andal Ampatuan...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday reaffirmed a ruling he issued two weeks ago striking down a ban on corporate donations to...
