Religion & Law

UN council deplores Myanmar rights abuses
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] passed a resolution [press release] Friday condemning the military government of Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] for ongoing systematic violations of human rights and people's fundamental freedoms...

Rights group urges Myanmar to end persecution of Muslim minority
[JURIST] The government of Myanmar must stop systematically persecuting the Rohingya Muslim minority, and neighboring states should offer assistance to refugees, according to an open letter sent Friday by Amnesty International (AI)...

UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Myanmar rights record
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly Wednesday adopted a resolution criticizing human rights violations in Myanmar. The resolution also called for the release of political prisoners, and expressed dissatisfaction with the country's transition to democracy, which, it alleges, has lacked transparency and fairness...

Myanmar police fired on prisoners during cyclone: UN rights report
[JURIST] The Myanmar military government should investigate allegations that police opened fire on panicked prisoners during last month's devastating cyclone, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana [official website] said Friday...

UN rights expert urges Myanmar to probe abuses
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana [official profile] on Thursday urged the government of Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses and improve its rights record [press release]...

Myanmar grants amnesty to political prisoners
[JURIST] Myanmar's military government has granted amnesty to 23 political detainees and more than 6,300 other prisoners, Thailand-based human rights group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said Sunday...

Baseball Players Named in Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball Players using Performance Enhancing Drugs

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

FDA
Life-Threatening Complications Associated with Recombinant Human Bone Graft Products

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Wait List Class Action Settlement Approved
$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Class Action Settlement Approved