A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ordered an injunction on Monday to prevent North Carolina from issuing specialty license plates that display a pro-life message, signifying a victory [press...
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A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday blocked a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup Inc over the sale of toxic mortgage debt. The US Securities...
President of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Judge David Baragwanath on Monday issued a statement defending his program following a visit to Lebanon. Tribunal Vice President Judge Ralph Riachi...
An appeals court in Vietnam reduced the sentence of pro-democracy blogger and professor Pham Minh Hoang , alias Phan Kien Quoc, by more than half on Tuesday. Hoang was sentenced in August to three years...
An estimated 7,000 detainees are still being held without due process by Libyan revolutionaries, according to a UN report made public Monday. The report to the UN Security Council, by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , says that...
Malaysia's lower house of Parliament approved a new law on Tuesday that would ban street protests and impose tougher restrictions on demonstrators in the nation. The Peaceful Assembly Bill contains an outright ban on street...
A Bahrain civilian court on Monday postponed its ruling on the appeals of two protesters sentenced to death for the murder of police officers during anti-government protests. Also Monday, a Bahrain military tribunal resumed...
The Kenyan High Court ruled Monday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he ever returns to Kenya. The ruling was in response to al-Bashir's second visit , where Kenya joined...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In First American Financial Corp v. Edwards , the court heard arguments on whether a plaintiff has standing to sue, on behalf...
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria reported Monday that the Syrian Arab Republic has committed numerous human rights violations including torture, sexual violence, use of excessive force and violations of the right to...
