Croatian voters passed a referendum on Sunday proposing to ban same-sex marriages by defining marriage in Croatia’s constitution as a union between a man and a woman. The referendum came as a result of a petition circulated by a Catholic group which garnered over 700,000 signatures. Croatia’s population of 4.4 million people is about 90 [...]
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Ukrainian demonstrators gathered in the streets of Kiev Saturday to protest President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to abandon the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement , a planned trade pact with the EU. According to media reports the Berkut riot police responded to the demonstration with force to disperse the crowd. Amnesty International (AI) has called for a “prompt, [...]
China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Sunday announced plans to investigate Dai Chunning, deputy general manager of the state-owned China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) . According to media sources the investigation stems from Chunning’s alleged connection with an undisclosed “serious discipline violation” that involves graft. Sinosure is a state-funded “policy-oriented” insurance company [...]
The attorney for Belkacem Bensayah and Djamel Ameziane, two Algerian detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay said on Friday the two will oppose their release back to Algeria, which could take place as early as this week. The two claim they would likely face persecution should they be released back to their home country. The [...]
Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced on Friday that there will be no early election in response to recent protests by citizens who want her removed from office. Shinawatra said she is unsure whether such a measure would appease the protesters and maintains that she will not authorize the use of force to disperse peaceful [...]
The UK House of Commons on Friday approved of a bill that would order a nationwide referendum in 2017 to determine whether the UK will remain within the European Union (EU) after its third reading in the House. The bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Conservative MP James Wharton , has now been [...]
Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah was arrested Thursday on charges of inciting a demonstration in violation of the country’s recently enacted law circumscribing citizens’ right to protest in public. Egypt Prosecutor General Hisham Bakarat issued a warrant for Abd El Fattah for failing to notify the police in advance of the protests [...]
Protestors in Thailand on Friday demand assistance in overthrowing the government, after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra survived a no-confidence vote by parliament on Thursday. Despite the vote, thousands of protesters have gathered around government buildings seeking Shinawatra’s ouster . The demonstration against Shinawatra is the biggest since the 2010 anti-government protests when 90 civilians were [...]
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Thursday stated that Google is in violation of the country’s data protection act. For a website to comply with the country’s data protection act, it must have the “unambiguous” consent of users when using their personal information. Unambiguous consent means that the data controller cannot assume consent of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Meredith Kurz, Hofstra University School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its effects on ERISA benefits…
