A Bangladeshi court sentenced 152 former members of a paramilitary border security force, the 13th Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Battalion, to death on Tuesday in connection with their participation in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of shareholders' lawsuit against Freddie Mac alleging the company misled investors by understating its sub-prime mortgage exposure and overstating...
Turkey was ordered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to pay €20,000 (USD $27,000) in damages to Mesut Deniz for his torture at the hands of police in a judgment released Tuesday. Deniz, a...
Amnesty International (AI) called on Spanish authorities Tuesday to address the legacy of Franco era disappearances , calling the failure to do so a "betrayal of justice." AI submitted a report to the UN Committee...
A lawsuit filed on Monday in the second judicial district court of Minnesota alleges that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie acted beyond his authority with the establishment of an online voter registration...
Right to Life of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court in the Western District of Michigan on Monday over provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)...
The US Senate on Monday voted 61-30 to move forward with the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) , which prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. As...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said at an unrelated press conference on Monday that the slow pace of the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the alleged mastermind behind 9/11,...
The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries on Monday urged governments to implement a binding international agreement to regulate the activities of private military and security companies (PMSCs). The working group found that...
Doctors and psychologists working in US military detention centers helped to design methods of torture for terrorism suspects, according to an independent report supported by the Institute on Medicine as a Profession and the Open Society Foundations ...
