The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to determine whether, under the Copyright Act , a copyrighted work obtained legally outside the...
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The Malaysian Prime Minister pledged Monday to review the country's Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) . Parliament was expected to replace the law that currently allows for indefinite detention...
Vietnamese prosecutors on Monday charged three bloggers with spreading pro-democracy propaganda in violation of the country's criminal law. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan are scheduled...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that Congo President Joseph Kabila should immediately arrest General Bosco Ntaganda and deliver him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of enlisting children and using them...
The Maldives Police Service on Sunday sent to the Prosecutor General's Office the case of the arrest of Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed, in which the police filed charges against former president Mohamed...
Madagascar passed a law granting amnesty to those who committed crimes during the political unrest in the country over the last three years, but excluded human rights violations for which former president Marc Ravalomanana has...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a legally binding resolution , Saturday that officially calls for an end to the violence in Syria . This resolution is the first legally binding resolution passed by the...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday demanded immediate restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau . His demand came after a military coup on Thursday that led to seizure of power over the government and detention...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that an emergency wiretap provision allowing warrantless interceptions is unconstitutional. The specific section authorizes a peace officer to intercept private communication when there...
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) announced Friday the filing of a lawsuit against three US agencies over the repeated detention and questioning of Muslims about their religious beliefs and practices...
