The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq ruled Monday against Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to eliminate the mainly ceremonial roles of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister. The court reasoned that these roles are...
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A group of UN human rights experts spoke Friday on the subject of the death penalty and terrorism, calling the death penalty ineffective , and often times illegal, in deterring to terrorism. Speaking ahead of the World Day Against...
David Kaye, the top UN expert on free expression, stated Friday that reports that Yahoo allowed the US government to search hundreds of millions of customers' e-mails "raise serious human rights concerns." According to recent reports ,...
Chinese officials announced Sunday that 70-year-old former legislator Bai Enpei has been sentenced to death for his part in taking bribes. The announcement comes as the government has continued its anti-graft campaign speared by President Xi Jingping to...
The UN Security Council on Saturday failed to adopt two measures meant to protect the Syrian people from continued warfare. Russia used its veto power and Venezuela voted against a French and Spanish measure to...
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a press briefing on Friday welcomed the presentation of a draft bill on constitutional justice reforms in the Guatemala legislature. Stating...
Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, on Friday urged a former Guantanamo prisoner, Jihad Diyab, to call off his hunger strike, stating that Uruguay is attempting to transfer him to another country. Diyab is a Syrian national who was held...
US District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III on Friday conditionally dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) suit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton . The SEC alleged that Paxton misled investors in Servergy, Inc....
US District Judge Miranda Du on Friday issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the Pyramid Lake and Walker River Paiute Native American tribes in their challenge to Nevada's voting procedure. The tribes alleged Washoe County, Mineral...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday reinstated a $120 million jury award owed to Apple by Samsung in a prolonged patent infringement case involving the companies' competing smartphones....
