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12 Sep 2017, 1:40 pm
The British Parliament [official site] on Monday approved a bill [press release] to continue the process of withdrawal from the EU. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 7:00 am
Lawyers from ClientEarth [advocacy website] filed [press release] a lawsuit against the UK government on Wednesday stating that the country's proposed plan for reducing the UK's air pollution is inadequate. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 6:45 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] has urged the European Union to "fill the leadership void on human rights" [press release] left after allegations of torture and US detention practices have undermined American credibility in the human rights arena. [read post]
2 May 2007, 3:24 am
[JURIST] The number of domestic wiretap applications granted by US state judges rose 20 percent in 2006 to 1,378, while federal judges granted only 461 applications, a drop of 26 percent, according to a new report filed [press release] by the Administrative Office of the US Courts [official website]. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 6:56 pm
[JURIST] One in every 100 US adults is currently in prison, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States (PCS) [organization website]. [read post]
20 Jan 2009, 3:20 am
Bush on Monday commuted the sentences [DOJ press release] of two former border patrol agents convicted of the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:53 pm
A skyrocketing number of children are visiting emergency rooms with sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, according to a new study. http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2013/sports-head-injuries-09-30-2013/ The research, conducted by emergency doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, found that emergency visits for sports-related TBI increased 92 percent between 2002 and 2011, according to a press release… [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 8:45 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Committee [official website] on Thursday released its observational findings [press release] on human rights abuses in Russia [text], concluding that Russia must repeal laws that limit free speech and permit discrimination based on sexual orientation and race. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 10:43 am
[JURIST] Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare [official website, in Arabic] on Sunday signed [UN press release] a United Nations (UN) [official website] action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. [read post]
7 Apr 2012, 12:29 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] recent attacks by troops loyal to the Syrian government against innocent civilians. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 11:14 am
[JURIST] Greenlanders have voted [government press release; Politiken report] for increased autonomy from Denmark in a national referendum, according to results released Wednesday. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 10:00 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota filed suit [complaint, PDF] in state court Tuesday against the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) seeking the release of footage [press release] from the police shooting of 24-year old Jamar Clark. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 8:35 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday warned [press release] of an increase in torture and ill treatment in Burundi. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 5:22 am
[JURIST] The German Federal Constitutional Court [official website] on Tuesday rejected [press release] a request by the Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into NSA Activities that the German government release the US National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] Selector List of spy targets in Germany. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 1:18 am
[JURIST] Eleven more detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay [press release], the US Defense Department said Sunday. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 3:08 am
[JURIST] The Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) [official website] released a report [text, PDF] Monday concluding that three Afghan detainees were not mistreated [press release] while in Canadian military police custody in Kandahar in 2006. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:42 am
[JURIST] The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] on Tuesday heard oral arguments [press release] in the appeal of Dominique Ntawukulilyayo, the former Sub-Prefect of the southern region of Gisagara. [read post]
25 Apr 2015, 8:31 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] released a statement [press release] on Thursday denouncing as a violation of the laws of war an airstrike led by the Saudi Arabian coalition that led to the destruction of a humanitarian warehouse in Yemen earlier this month. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 12:47 pm
[JURIST] Violent crime in the US has increased for the second year in a row, according to the 2006 Crime in the United States report [text; press release] released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation [official website] Monday. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 2:56 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has launched an internal probe [press release] into whether top department officials improperly approved the CIA's use of waterboarding [JURIST news archive], according to documents released Friday. [read post]
