The Connecticut Senate on Saturday passed HB 5389 , which will allow citizens to obtain marijuana for medical use under certain conditions. The law will make Connecticut the 17th state to allow sale of marijuana for medical use....
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his alleged co-conspirators were arraigned on Saturday at a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay for their involvement in the 9/11 attacks . The hearing was prolonged by...
Eight ethnic Albanians were arrested on Friday, five on charges of war crimes committed during the conflicts in southern Serbia in 2001. Interior Minister Iva Dacic assured the public, at a press conference , that the...
Russia must reform its laws and practices in order to prevent discrimination and unfair treatment of disabled persons in the country, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) official said Friday. President Dmitry Medvedev signed...
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Peaceful Assembly and Association Maina Kiai said on Friday that Algeria should use its upcoming legislative elections to address concerns about inadequate freedoms of expression...
A group of UN human rights experts on Friday criticized the government of Iran for the detentions and harsh sentences of human rights defenders. The Special Rapporteurs on human rights defenders, the situation of human rights in...
Prominent Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekeyev became the first to be convicted Friday under a St. Petersburg city ordinance that prohibits the spreading "homosexual propaganda" to minors. Alekeyev was arrested last month for picketing in front...
Media magnate Conrad Black was released from federal prison in Florida Friday but remains in US custody pending removal proceedings. It remains unclear how long Black will be held by US...
The Austrian Constitutional Court ruled Friday that the country's laws must not only conform to its own constitution but also to the EU Charter of Fundamental...
More than 90 women filed suit Thursday against Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna alleging that his opposition to the federal health care law is preventing women from having full access to medical care. The complaint...
