The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law that would legalize circumcisions . The law comes in response to a Cologne state court ruling that circumcision of minors...
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A Russian court on Wednesday freed one member of the controversial feminist rock collective Pussy Riot . The Moscow City Court freed Yekaterina Samutsevich after accepting her argument that...
An Alaska Superior Court judge on Monday upheld a state law that requires women under the age of 18 to notify their parents if they intend to get an abortion. Judge John Suddock held...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two related cases on Tuesday. In Tibbals v. Carter , the court considered the "right to competence" in habeas corpus cases and whether...
Libyan government lawyers on Tuesday urged International Criminal Court (ICC) judges to allow Saif al-Islam to be tried in Libya, promising a fair trial for the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi...
Egypt President Mohammed Morsi announced on Tuesday a general pardon issued in August for most people detained or convicted for crimes committed during and in support of the Egyptian Revolution ....
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter to the members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly on Monday urging them to amend Egypt's draft constitution to comply with international treaties. HRW said...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday supended a cybercrimes law that became effective last week. The suspension will be for 120 days while the court considers whether provisions of the...
A UK immigration tribunal has ruled that man who says he was paid to kill civilians in Sudan may remain in the UK indefinitely. The 27-year-old man, whose identity has not been revealed, is...
Lawyers and judges from Sri Lanka held a large-scale protest on Monday to express their dismay over the assault of an outspoken judge and to call for a thorough, impartial investigation into the incident. Nearly 500 judges, lawyers and...
