Idaho Governor CL "Butch" Otter on Wednesday signed into law a bill that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. The bill had passed the state legislature [JURIST...
A judge for Wisconsin's Dane County Circuit Court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that had challenged a controversial state bill limiting the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. Judge Maryann Sumi ruled...
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan harshly criticized the Pakistani government Thursday for its poor human rights record and called on government officials to fix the human rights abuses occurring in the country. In its 2010 Annual...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the National Day of Prayer (NDP) . The decision overturns last year's decision [JURIST...
A suspected Somali pirate leader appeared for a detention hearing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday after his March 8 indictment was unsealed. In his announcement, US...
Tunisian Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi announced Wednesday that the government has charged former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali with 18 offenses ranging from murder and...
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday indicted former Croat soldier Miroslav Anic for war crimes against Bosnian Muslim civilians allegedly committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian civil war . The indictment...
International maritime piracy reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2011, says a report released Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The ICC's piracy...
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik initiated legislation in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska on Wednesday to challenge the legitimacy of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH)...
The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved legislation by a vote of 314-296 Wednesday to shorten the statute of limitations for criminal trials of defendants who do not have prior convictions. The...