The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 on Thursday in Torres v. Lynch that a "state crime counts as an aggravated felony when it corre­sponds to a specified federal offense in all ways," and that...

Thousands of victims of sexual assault in the US Military have been unfairly discharged, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Thursday. The 128-page report, the result of a 28-month investigation with the support of Protect...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday welcomed the measures being taken by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to prevent the use of its drugs in state-sponsored execution by lethal injection. Pfizer announced...

South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban abortions at 20 weeks or later. The House of Representatives voted 79-29 in favor of the bill, which does not contain exceptions for rape or incest....

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Wednesday announced the filing of a lawsuit against Michigan officials over the Flint water contamination crisis. The lawsuit, filed in March in the...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Betterman v. Montana that the Sixth Amendment right to a "speedy trial" ends at conviction. A criminal defendant is entitled to a speedy and public...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban transgender discrimination, including it within Canada's hate crime laws. In his announcement of the legislation, Trudeau stated "everyone deserves to live free of...

The US Senate unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would let the families of those killed in the September 11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia for any role it had in the terrorist...

Islamic State (IS) militants have executed 49 people in the Libyan city of Sirte since seizing control in February 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. According to the report, IS has taken...

The Louisiana state Senate voted to pass House Bill 1081 on Tuesday, banning dilation and evacuation abortion procedures. The bill was approved by the state house in April and is waiting to be signed by Governor John Bel...