The Constitutional Court of Ecuador on Wednesday certified a slate of constitutional reforms submitted by President Rafael Correa . The court amended without explanation two of the 10 referendum questions...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay voiced Wednesday the need for Bahrain to respect the rights of demonstrators. The announcement came after a news release Tuesday by the Office of the...
The appeals chamber of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Wednesday issued a unanimous ruling on several procedural issues, including the definition of terrorism, in judicial proceedings relating to the assassination...
Indiana's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state's constitution that would ban same-sex marriages and civil unions and prohibit government recognition of those performed in other states....
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision to grant habeas corpus to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim, blocking his release....
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Tuesday that it has formed a committee of judges and politicians to oversee amending the Egyptian constitution within the next 10 days. When the council assumed power on Sunday,...
An Italian judge on Tuesday ordered billionaire media mogul and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor and abuse of power. Berlusconi allegedly paid...
The European Parliament on Tuesday agreed to the establishment of a common patent system despite lack of accord from Spain and Italy. EU member states have attempted to establish a uniform patent system for several...
Iranian lawmakers called Tuesday for opposition leaders to face trial and death after Monday's clash with security forces. Thousands of Iranians protested Monday in solidarity with Egypt's revolt against ousted president Hosni Mubarak . Pro-government legislators demanded...
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed pleaded guilty before a military tribunal Tuesday to terrorism charges. Mohammed entered guilty pleas to one count of providing material support of terrorism...
