The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to reconsider former Illinois governor George Ryan's appeal in light of Wood v. Milyard [SCOTUS blog...
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The UK High Court ruled on Monday that British Internet service providers (ISPs) must block the file sharing website The Pirate Bay . All of the ISPs, except one which requested additional time to consider the ruling, have one...
Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a joint public statement Monday urging the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop its recent crackdown on political activists by ending arrests and releasing those in...
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Saturday drafted proposed amendments to the country's electoral law in an effort to prevent future election fraud. According to IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor, about...
All sides in the Malian conflict have committed war crimes including summary executions, rape, the use of children as soldiers, and the pillaging of hospitals, schools, aid agencies and government buildings, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
The Bahrain Court of Cassation ruled Monday that human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja would be retried along with 20 others convicted on terrorism-related charges. Al-Khawaja, along with eight others, is serving a life sentence...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Chaidez v. United States to rule on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. In 2010, the court held in Padilla v. Kentucky...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued a resolution Sunday declaring a state of emergency in areas near the border with South Sudan and suspending the constitution. The move follows the arrest Saturday of four people...
Bahrain's police officers regularly abuse minor detainees before transporting them to police stations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday after a five-day visit to the country. During the visit to Bahrain, HRW conducted interviews with young...
Vietnamese-American activist Nguyen Quoc Quan was arrested earlier this month in Vietnam for allegedly attempting to stop celebrations in remembrance of the end of the Vietnam War , reports said on Sunday. Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre [media website,...
