Airbnb filed suit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio in federal court on Friday challenging Senate Bill S6340A, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo hours earlier, which would impose heavy fines on Airbnb hosts (i.e. homeowners) who break local housing regulations. S6340A serves as an amendment [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that former detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison may continue their torture lawsuit against civilian military contractors. Four former prisoners allege that they were subjected to various forms of torture at the hands of CACI Premier Technology contractors. The case had previously been dismissed [...]

UN experts investigating the October 8 attack on a packed funeral hall in the Yemeni capital, which is currently under rebel control, accused the Saudi coalition Thursday of violating international humanitarian law. According to the experts’ report, “the attack resulted in disproportionately higher numbers of civilian casualties, when compared to military casualties, and that this [...]

A federal judge on Friday ordered a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor accused of stealing classified government documents to remain in custody while awaiting trial. The judge said of the former NSA agent, Harold Martin III, “I find by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant does pose a risk of flight.” The [...]

U.S. District Judge J. Clay Fuller on Thursday ruled that the state of Georgia does not have to reveal information about its one-drug execution method. In a suit brought by two death row inmates challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s execution method, the challengers sought to establish that there is a known and available alternative to [...]

UN civil rights expert Alfred de Zayas on Friday called on incoming secretary-general Antonio Guterres to host an international conference on phasing out offshore havens to force billionaires and “kleptocrats” to pay their share of taxes. De Zayas reported that as much as USD $32 trillion is held in offshore accounts, which costs nations up [...]

A Mexican judge on Thursday rejected five appeals intended to prevent the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to the US for criminal charges. A previous judge had suspended Guzmán’s extradition in May, but the extradition was later approved by the foreign ministry. The current judge ruled against two of Guzmán’s injunctions, and the remaining [...]

South Africa announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The government originally expressed such intentions last year when South Africa refused to act on the ICC’s arrest warrant for visiting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir . Justice Minister Michael Masutha has stated that the country’s ICC [...]

The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday arrested former House speaker Eduardo Cunha for his alleged participation in an embezzlement scheme. Cunha, who is most known for leading the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff , was held indefinitely over fears that he could not only obstruct the ongoing investigation but also flee the country [...]

UN High Commissioner for of Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein on Friday expressed outrage over the human rights crisis in Syria, stating that, “he violations and abuses suffered by people across the country, including the siege and bombardment of eastern Aleppo, are not simply tragedies; they also constitute crimes of historic proportions.” Zeid listed many [...]