Afghanistan Supreme Court Judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said Thursday that Afghan courts will not bow to outside pressure in the case of Abdul Rahman , who has been jailed for converting to Christianity and who could face the death...
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The UK Terrorism Bill is set to become law after the House of Lords Wednesday backed down on its objection to a controversial provision criminalizing the "glorification" of terrorism. The legislation, introduced in the wake...
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program "without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong." In an interview with...
The UN Commission on Human Rights was formally abolished Wednesday by a resolution of the UN Economic and Social Council adopted without a formal vote. The resolution calls for the completion of...
R v. Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School, UK House of Lords, March 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling....
Georgia v. Randolph, Supreme Court of the United States, March 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the...
Public Citizen v. Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, March 22, 2006 [challenging the constitutionality of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, arguing that the bill signed by the President was passed by the US Senate,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced the indictment of 50 leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) , the countrys largest guerilla group,...
Three Samsung executives agreed to plead guilty Wednesday for conspiring to drive up the prices in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. The three South Koreans will serve jail sentences...
Prosecutors argued in front of the Texas Third Court of Appeals Wednesday for reinstatement of criminal conspiracy charges dropped against indicted US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) . In December 2005, Senior...
