Former Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was acquitted Wednesday of murder charges relating to the 2009 killing of three prisoners which he oversaw. The prisoners were detained in 2009 for protesting against former President Mahmous Ahmedinejad’s disputed re-election – an issue that drew significant global criticism aimed not only at Iran’s government, but also the treatment [...]

Tianjin Mayor Huang Xingguo said Wednesday that the owners of the hazmat facility that exploded in the city last week used their political connections get the facility built despite violating a great deal of safety rules. One rule barred storage of hazardous chemicals within 3,200 feet of residential areas, much farther than the facility was [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to rehear Governor Rod Blagojevich’s corruption case. In 2013 Blagojevich was found guilty on 18 charges of corruption in his second trial and ultimately sentenced to a 14-year prison term . In 2013, Blagojevich filed an appeal with the Seventh Circuit challenging Blagojevich’s [...]

The Israel Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the administrative detention of a Palestinian man who has been on a two-month hunger strike. The prisoner, Mohammad Allan, had been on a hunger strike since June 16 in order to protest his detention, which was set to last indefinitely. The court decided that he no longer posed [...]

The Royal Thai Police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant, based on a sketch from a security video, for a foreign man thought to be the bomber who targeted and bombed the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok on Monday. The man in the video left a backpack at the shrine fifteen minutes before the explosion. Police [...]

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday criticized Egypt’s new counterterrorism law saying it infringes on freedom of the press. The new law also gives prosecutors the power to detain suspects without a court order. The HRW Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director stated in response to the issues with the new law, “he government has [...]

A women in Petrer, Spain was fined 800 Euros ($885) on Monday for taking a photograph of a police car parked in a handicap spot and posting it temporarily to her Facebook page. The Citizens’ Security Law , which went into effect in July, aims to protect the safety of police and their families. Among [...]

Bangladeshi authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in the murder of two secular bloggers earlier this year. The suspects are Islamic extremists and part of a recently banned armed group called Ansarullah Bangla Team. Mufti Jasim Rahmani, the head of the group, is already serving a sentence in prison for killing [...]

The Supreme Court of Missouri on Tuesday ruled that a statute prohibiting convicted felons from possessing firearms does not violate the Missouri Constitution‘s right to bear arms. The appellant, Santonio McCoy, was convicted under Section 571.070.1(1) making it illegal for offenders convicted of prior felonies to possess firearms and appealed arguing it violated the Missouri [...]

Chinese police announced Tuesday that they have arrested approximately 15,000 people in connection with alleged cyber crimes. Over 7,400 cyber crime related cases have been investigated across the country and they include online fraud, illegal sale of personal data, and hacking. The arrests follow a special six-month operation to aggressively eliminate threats to the internet [...]