A London appeals court on Wednesday granted convicted terrorist Rangzieb Ahmed the right to appeal his conviction based on his claims of torture and recent reports of UK complicity in torture. Ahmed was convicted and sentenced to...
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US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan addressed the effect of political bias on the bench as the Senate Judiciary Committee entered its third day of confirmation hearings . Kagan stated that the...
The Spanish Constitutional Court on Wednesday agreed to consider whether recently-approved changes to Spain's abortion laws are constitutional. Under the new law, abortions performed in the first 14 weeks of...
An Iranian military court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for killing three anti-government protesters in prison, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday. Nine others were sentenced to...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions. A voter challenged the passing of a referendum banning both same-sex marriages and civil...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he is considering widening the scope of the internal probe into the May Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip ....
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into English law, does not apply to armed forces on...
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday released a report detailing the ongoing problem of human trafficking in Europe. According to the report, European criminal organizations make a yearly profit of around...
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D) on Monday signed an immigration bill into law that will require police to check the legal status of people who have been arrested and report those who...
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) on Tuesday called for an inquiry into possible civil liberties violations during the Toronto Group of 20 (G-20) summit . The group released a preliminary report ...
