Google's new privacy policy , which took affect Thursday, is in violation of European law according to the EU's Justice Commissioner Vice-President Viviane Reding . The new policy allows data collection from one Google service to...
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Dr. Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA) on Sunday published the second in a series of reports examining the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . The report ,...
The Council of Europe's (COE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Punishment (CPT) published a report Wednesday rejecting the practice of surgical castration as a means of treatment for...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled Wednesday that requiring pharmacies to sell Plan B and other emergency contraceptives violates the pharmacists' constitutional right to freedom of religion....
Latvian voters on Saturday rejected Russian as a second official state language in Latvia . Preliminary results from the national referendum show that 74.8 percent of voters rejected adding the Russian language with only 24.88 percent...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for the reduction of overcrowding to improve poor prison conditions in Latin America following a prison fire in Honduras. The fire occurred this past Tuesday and killed more...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for public support Thursday to encourage impeachment proceedings against Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona . Aquino warned that the fight against corruption depended on the result of the impeachment....
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed legislation Monday legalizing same-sex marriage , making Washington the eighth jurisdiction in the US to offer marriage to same-sex couples. Washington had previously granted expanded domestic partnership rights [JURIST...
The first trial of alleged Indonesia bomber Umar Patek began Monday in the West Jakarta District Court over his role in several terrorist plots including the Jakarta church bombings in 2000 and the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing ....
US Attorney General Eric Holder, along with Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and 49 state attorneys general announced Thursday that a $25 billion agreement was reached with the nation's...
