Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on Thursday approved amendments to the country's constitution that give more power the the parliament by allowing it to have more control over government ministers. While the reforms come as an...
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The chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recommended Thursday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to 80 years for war crimes. Taylor was convicted ...
A federal judge on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a proposed settlement with British Petroleum (BP) over the Gulf oil spill in 2010. BP and a group of plaintiffs' attorneys sought preliminary...
Privacy regulators from EU member states expressed their concerns on Wednesday over potential privacy breaches by Google and are considering reopening their privacy investigations into the company. The concerns revolve around fines and a report ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday granted qualified immunity to former Bush administration official John Yoo over allegations of wrongdoing in relation to controversial memos...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed a motion in the Guantanamo Bay military court seeking access to hear what methods the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used when interrogating...
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari, called on Somalian authorities Wednesday to recreate and establish legitimate judicial systems in Mogadishu and South Central Somalia. Bari visited the region for...
Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian territory , said Wednesday that he is "appalled" by "continuing human rights violations in Israeli prisons." Israeli prison authorities have taken punitive measures against the more...
Syrian government forces committed war crimes when they killed at least 95 civilians and destroyed hundreds of houses during a two-week offensive in the province of Idlib during ceasefire negotiations, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday....
The Tennessee House of Representatives has passed a bill that augments the state's abstinence-only sex education curriculum to allow parents to sue school teachers or organizations that promote "gateway sexual activity." The...
