An Indian court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s main city, on Wednesday convicted 32 individuals for their roles in the deaths of 95 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots . Among the convicted was Maya Kodnani, the minister of education and child welfare in the Gujarat government, who was arrested in 2009 on charges of murder and [...]

Ukraine’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the abuse of office conviction against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The country’s Supreme Court reasoned that there would be no basis to rule in favor of Tymoshenko and that the prison sentence is appropriate considering the charges against her. The verdict faced heavy criticism from Tymoshenko’s supporters [...]

A panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday that the proposed Texas voting map discriminates against black and Latino voters. Texas’ population grew by 4.3 million, which gave it four more seats in the US House of Representatives. The Republican-controlled state legislature redrew the congressional districts in a way that challengers claim would make it [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven Somalis in a lawsuit against former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar . The lawsuit, which started in 2004 and made it all the way to the US Supreme Court, alleges Samantar was responsible for [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Italy’s ban on embryonic screening is a violation of human rights. According to a press release issued by the court, the ban is a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which allows for the “right to respect for his private [...]

The Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights , an independent advisory body, on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of the recent guilty verdict and sentence for three members of the Russian feminist activist group Pussy Riot . The rights council, whose members are appointed by the president, worries that the legitimacy and justness of the band’s [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that by not allowing Indiana citizens to appeal erroneous entries on the state Sex and Violent Offender Registry the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Due Process rights. An Indiana citizen who committed lesser sex offenses found he was listed as a violent sexual [...]

The Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterr announced Tuesday that a three-judge panel will investigate the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat . The investigation was prompted in August by Arafat’s widow and daughter after an Al Jazeera investigation discovered traces of polonium-210 on his final effects. The Institut de Radiophysique conducted the tests [...]

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that a proposal to preserve collective bargaining should be put on the upcoming November 6 ballot. The proposal would add a new article allowing workers to organize and bargain collectively with employers in terms of wages, benefits and other work-related issues. It would also amend a section [...]

After being awarded $1.05 billion by a jury last week for patent infringement, Apple filed a motion with the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday asking it to block eight Samsung products from being produced and sold in the US. The eight products Apple asked the court to ban from [...]