An Iranian blogger known for popularizing blogs in Iran has been sentenced to 19.5 years imprisonment for cooperating with hostile countries, spreading propaganda against the ruling establishment, promoting counterrevolutionary groups and maintaining obscene websites. In addition to serving his...
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The co-chairman of Turkey's Peace and Democracy Party, Kurdish rights advocate Selahattin Demirtash was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for allegedly promoting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) . A...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in 14 cases. In Smith v. Bayer Corp. the court will determine two issues. First the court will decide...
A court in the Somali state of Puntland on Tuesday sentenced a pirate to death for murdering the skipper of cargo ship in June. Salah Mohamed Gelle, considered a pirate ringleader, highjacked ...
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged EU members to stop forcibly deporting Roma migrants to Kosovo. AI believes that Roma, as well as other ethnic minority groups, could face persecution...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ordered a district court judge to reconsider the stay of execution in the case of Albert Brown. Brown was convicted...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that a securities fraud class-action lawsuit against American International Group (AIG) can move forward. Judge Taylor Swain refused...
A Philippines military court dismissed mutiny charges Tuesday against seven officers allegedly involved in the February 2006 coup attempt against former president Gloria Macapagl-Arroyo . The seven-member military tribunal determined there was insufficient evidence ...
The Paris city council voted Monday to accept a deal in which former French president Jacques Chirac will pay the city USD $741,000 in compensation for money he allegedly paid to supporters for whom...
The Israeli Ambassador to the UN on Monday called for an end to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation into Israeli actions during the 2008-2009 Gaza campaign , Operation Cast Lead, which resulted in...
