The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Wednesday unveiled an interim constitution that allows the council to retain control over the country until an elected government is installed. The document vests the military council with...
A panel of judges for the Amsterdam District Court on Wednesday ordered that the trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders , on charges of making anti-Islamic statements, go ahead over...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision granting release to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman. Uthman's 2004 habeas corpus petition...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a bill outlawing abortions performed based on the sex or race of the fetus. Representative Steve Montenegro sponsored HB 2442 and HB 2443 ,...
A judge for Wisconsin's Dane County Circuit Court issued an order Tuesday prohibiting implementation of the state's new Budget Repair Bill . The order emphasizes that a temporary restraining order [JURIST...
Somaliland , an unrecognized independent region in northern Somalia , opened a maximum security prison for pirates on Tuesday. The prison, refurbished by a USD $1.5 million grant from...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday sentenced Jean-Baptiste Gatete to life imprisonment, the highest sentence meted out by the ICTR, for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , a gender discrimination class action lawsuit estimated to include more than 1.5 million womenthe...
Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Tuesday that it filed another complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in addition to a lawsuit filed in Delaware. Nokia's newest complaint...
UN prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic receive a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Perisic is on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...