The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Portugal under an agreement between the countries. The Syrian nationals were released from the detention...
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A federal court ruled Thursday that a Connecticut campaign finance law discriminated against minor party candidates in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments . The state's Campaign Finance Reform Act , which provided public funding to...
Mexican Director General for Protection of Mexicans Abroad Daniel Hernandez told a Mexico City audience Friday that discrimination against Mexicans in US has increased, specifically citing the case of Cirila Baltazar Cruz, a Mexican...
Green Party of Connecticut, et al. v. Garfield, et al., US District Court for the District of Connecticut, August 29, 2009 [holding that a Connecticut campaign finance law discriminated against minor party candidates in violation of the First and Fourteenth...
National Cable and Communications Association, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 28, 2009 [striking down rule preventing cable companies from controlling more than 30 percent of the...
The Uruguayan House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt. The House voted 40-13 in favor of the bill ,...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the prosecution of opposition leaders who allegedly conspired to orchestrate widespread protests after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election . Ahmadinejad spoke in front...
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has rejected a call from Amnesty International (AI) to establish an independent international criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses stemming...
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday new restrictions on controversial searches of laptop computers at the US border. DHS issued directives to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
The registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday rejected a petition seeking treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf , finding that the applicant lacked standing and that the Supreme Court...
