Search Results for: 2016-03-23

Former Pardon Attorney Deborah Leff indicated that the pardon system is broken in her resignation letter that was obtained by USA Today on Monday after a Freedom of Information Act request. Leff resigned from her position...

Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare on Sunday signed a United Nations (UN) action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. Under the new agreement,...

The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued sentences on Sunday for 41 defendants connected to a terrorist plot to bomb malls and hotels. All 41 defendants were charged with possessing firearms and ammunition...

The Syria Accountability Project (SAP) of Syracuse University College of Law on Thursday released a report detailing statistics of extensive rape that has occurred throughout the civil war in Syria over the past six years. The...

A Belgian prosecutor said Friday that police have arrested six people in connection with the Brussels bombings during a large police operation in the city. The prosecutor said that several houses were searched in Brussels, Jette and Schaerbeek and residents...

Matthew Doyle , a 47 year-old British man, has been charged with inciting racial hatred after posting a series of Islamophobic tweets from his private Twitter account on March 23, following the attacks in Brussels . One...

Female rights activists in Sudan are facing harassment, violence, and other rights abuses, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report found that women in the region are subjected to abuses including genital mutilation by...

JURIST Guest Columnist Sari Bashi of Human Rights Watch discusses the flaws of Israeli judicial review in the context of Mohammed al-Qeeq's hunger strike... After 93 days of refusing food, an emaciated Palestinian journalist named Mohammed al-Qeeq resumed eating on...

Police in east China's Shandong Province arrested 37 individuals on Tuesday who are suspected of participation in a national medical drug ring. A mother/daughter duo are suspected of buying and selling more than USD $88 million worth of...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo that employees may pursue their class action claim against the company. Workers at a pork processing plant in Iowa filed suit against...