The M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been responsible for numerous war crimes including summary executions, rapes and forced recruitment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. HRW based its findings on interviews with 190 victims, family members, witnesses and others during the time period between May and September, revealing that [...]

Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafiq was referred for trial Tuesday on corruption charges, according to the country’s authorities. Egypt’s last prime minister under the 30-year regime of ousted president Hosni Mubarak , Shafiq stands accused of misusing public funds while in office as minister of civil aviation. The charges against him derived from his [...]

Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif died over the weekend at a hospital on the US Navy base after guards found him unconscious in his cell Saturday. Latif’s identification was originally being withheld until the US military could notify his family and his home country’s government. The guards who found Latif unconscious in [...]

President-elect of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto announced Monday that he is proposing constitutional reforms that will increase government transparency. The proposed reforms will mark the first legislation that Mexico’s new president has announced since winning the election. The Institutional Revolutionary Party , Pena Nieto’s party, will now return to power after 12 years. In an [...]

Alabama state officials petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to reconsider a ruling partially striking down the state’s immigration law . In August a three-judge upheld several provisions, including one allowing police officers to check the immigration status of persons suspected of a crime, but rejected provisions making it [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Circuit on Monday upheld an Illinois state law that requires all organizations to disclose their funding sources, including groups that do not focus on elections. In a 2-1 ruling, the Seventh Circuit rejected arguments by the Center for Individual Freedom (CIF) that the law stifles freedom of speech. [...]

A judge for the Superior Court of Quebec ruled Monday that the Canadian federal government cannot end the Quebec long-gun registry. The decision invalidated two parts of the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act and ordered the federal government to release any records on Quebec gun owners to the Quebec government to supplement their standing registry. [...]

The US handed control of the Parwan prison at Bagram Air Base over to Afghanistan officials Monday, although the US retains control of 600 prisoners. These prisoners include Afghani detainees that the US fears will not be handled appropriately, as well as 50 Pakistani detainees . Approximately 3182 prisoners were formally put in the control [...]

The Budapest Chief Prosecutor on Monday announced charges against a near-91-year-old former communist interior minister for war crimes in connection with the killing of more than 50 civilians demonstrating against the Hungarian regime in 1956. Tibor Ibolya , the prosecutor, alleges that Bela Biszku helped organize the shootings, carried out by the armed forces, during [...]

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that the married owners of a prospective tattoo parlor could bring suit against the City of Mesa for violating the couple’s constitutionally protected rights to freedom of expression in denying their business a zoning permit. In order to open their tattoo parlor Ryan and Laetitia Coleman in 2008 applied [...]