Search Results for: 2015-03-16

Military courts in Lebanon are trying civilians, including children, in matters regarding political activism and protest against the government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. HRW said that 14 individuals who protested the 2015 waste...

The Federal Court of Canada on Tuesday refused to block the Canadian government from selling arms to Saudi Arabia. The challenge was brought before the court by Professor Daniel Turp who...

JURIST Guest Columnist Keith Miller of Drake University Law School discusses the future of sports gambling in the United States...In a move that caught many people by surprise, on January 16 the United Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to...

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Monday signed a bill into law making Philadelphia the first US city to bar employers from asking applicants about their past salaries. The bill is designed to help decrease...

Japanese company Takata Corp. on Friday agreed to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing charges and pay $1 billion as a result of a US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into airbag defects which caused the death...

The Lahore High Court on Thursday delayed the execution of former police officer Khizar Hayat until the Pakistan Supreme Court can rule on the case of another mentally ill convict. Hayat's execution is now scheduled for...

A Malaysian federal court on Wednesday rejected a final appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction. Anwar was convicted of sodomy in 2014 and sentenced to a five-year jail term. This...

The US Supreme Court denied review of two class action lawsuit settlements Monday related to concussion injuries suffered by players in the National Football League . The $1 billion settlement between the NFL and more...

Amnesty International (AI) has found in a report released Wednesday that Iranian authorities have been using propaganda in order to dehumanize executions. The report, "Broadcasting injustice, boasting of mass killings," found that Iran had...

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) enacted new regulations on Tuesday requiring a reduction in the amount of natural gas wasted through release to the atmosphere through venting, flaring and leaks during oil and natural gas production...