Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh promised Thursday to create a new constitution guaranteeing parliamentary and judiciary freedoms, but protesters were not satisfied, flooding the streets in response. In a speech given to supporters in Sana'a,...
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A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced 11 army officers to prison for raping more than 20 women last year, a court official said Thursday. Three officers were sentenced to...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Wednesday announced plans for a series of constitutional reforms , which, if enacted, would result in more power being given to elected officials, as well as an independent judiciary. Under the plan, the...
The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 94-2 Wednesday to approve a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," similar to a bill passed...
The Kenyan government announced Wednesday that they will challenge the admissibility of cases relating to the 2007-2008 post-election violence in the International Criminal Court (ICC) , as well as the jurisdiction of the...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 3539 on Wednesday, absolishing the death penalty in Illinois. Two months after the Illinois Senate approved the bill , Quinn signed the bill...
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday asked a federal judge to cancel his retrial and sentence him on the single charge on which was originally convicted. Blagojevich was found guilty ...
The UN appointed a team of special prosecutors on Wednesday to investigate allegations that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered forces to torture and abduct opponents. Although a probe was launched last week [JURIST...
A defense lawyer representing former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday accused the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) of political bias during his closing arguments in Taylor's trial in...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday appealed a ruling in the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida declaring the health care reform law ...
