Russian independent newspaper Kommersant protested a court judgment against the publication by leaving its Monday editions blank, save for an upside down copy of the court's opinion and several other satirical items. The court issued an $11.4 million ruling against Kommersant for suggesting that Alfa Bank was having financial difficulties in a story published in [...]

The Malaysian government has delayed arresting illegal immigrants after threatening a major campaign against hundreds of thousands of foreign workers once a three-month amnesty period closed Monday. Malaysian Home Secretary Azmi Khalid said arrests had been avoided because many illegal immigrants had left voluntarily in the face of impending arrest. The program had also been [...]

After summoning the Prime Minister for an emergency meeting , Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the country's government Tuesday and declared a state of emergency, cutting phone lines, shutting down the airport and sending armed vehicles on patrol. In a formal announcement King Gyanendra said, "I have decided to dissolve the government because it has failed [...]

Continuing a story first reported yesterday on JURIST's Paper Chase, a UN report on whether genocide has been committed in Sudan has accused the Sudanese government and its militia allies of killing, torturing and raping civilians in the Darfur region, but says that a policy to commit genocide had not been formed. A finding of [...]

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, Feb. 1. The US Senate convenes today at 9:45 AM ET for regular business and to consider the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for attorney general. Watch a live webcast of proceedings. The US House of Representatives will open its [...]

Findings of a new survey of American high school students announced Monday suggest that more than one in three believes that the First Amendment "goes too far" in the rights it grants and protects, while half of the students surveyed said that newspapers should have to receive government approval before publishing its stories. The survey, [...]

Updating an earlier JURIST story, Connecticut has postponed Monday's scheduled execution of convicted serial killer Michael Ross , putting off what would be New England's first execution in 45 years after Ross' attorney filed a motion questioning the killer's competency . The execution is delayed for at least a month after Ross, who had asked [...]

US Central Command said Monday that about 3000 Iraqi detainees held at the Camp Bucca detention facility in southern Iraq rioted shortly after Noon local time, and that the riot was only quelled after US troops opened fire. Four prisoners were killed and six others injured. A Central Command press release said that "the violence [...]

Tribune Co. and the parent companies of CBS, Fox and NBC have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to restore the government's new media ownership rules which had been thrown out by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit . At issue is are FCC rules easing ownership restrictions, [...]

The European Union announced Monday that it will temporarily lift a diplomatic freeze imposed on Cuba after the Cuban government jailed 75 dissidents in March 2003. The lifting of sanctions follows the release of several dissidents. The EU had banned high-level governmental visits and participation in cultural events in Cuba and started inviting dissidents to [...]