The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo filed an indictment Friday charging politician Fatmir Limaj with war crimes . The charges have been levied because of the murder of two civilians, Ramiz Hoxha and Selman Binishi, who were executed in October 1998 in the village Kravasari. Limaj was a member of the Kosovo Liberation [...]

A New York law prohibiting a person from showing the contents of her prepared voting ballot was challenged Wednesday as unconstitutional by state voters for violating their First Amendment rights. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York , alleges that the law infringes on voters’ freedom of [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday demanded that the US “come clean” about the civilian deaths resulting from US airstrikes in Syria over the last two years. Stating that it believes that the US has failed to take necessary precautions, AI contended that the US “Coalition forces failed to take adequate precautions to minimize harm to [...]

Federal authorities charged 56 people on Thursday in an indictment for fraud. The 56 people allegedly posed as Internal Revenue Service agents and immigration authorities. They are accused of coning unwitting victims into paying them over $300 million in total to clear fake tax debts and fictitious deportation warrants. They allegedly relied on personal information [...]

A Michigan judge has ruled that Flint residents can sue state officials over the recent water crisis. In a 50-page opinion dated Wednesday and made public Thursday, Judge Mark Boonstra of the Michigan Court of Appeals , found that citizens had provided sufficient facts against the state that, if proven, would show actions by the [...]

UN human rights expert Karima Bennoune on Wednesday urged the international community to help end the destruction of cultural heritage. Referencing a 24-page report , Bennoune explained how destruction of culture often goes unnoticed and unpunished though it is “most often irreversible” and utilized as a weapon of warfare for cultural cleansing. The report then [...]

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday approved a contentious bill that allows public officials to be charged with a crime for identifying a police officer who used force against someone. The new statutory requirements would bar any public officials or employees from identifying police officers until 30 days after the use of force incident or after [...]

The Venezuelan Parliament on Tuesday voted to open criminal impeachment proceedings against sitting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, alleging that he manipulated the constitution to remain in power. Arguing that Maduro staged a coup, the congress attempted to have Maduro accept a recall vote by listening to the testimony of accusers, some of whom claim that [...]

Government officials gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting on Wednesday considered a report on the growing problem of violence and severe discrimination against people with albinism. The report, written by human rights expert Ikponwosa Ero, called for action to end the discrimination that she asserted was founded on traditional and culturally [...]

The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court dismissed an application on Thursday by more than 300 detained asylum-seekers requesting transfer to Australia. The judge dismissed the case because the lawyer signed the application instead of the complainants. Any migrants who are intercepted before reaching Australia are sent by officials to either Manus Island in Papua New [...]