An independent journalist is expected to go on trial for allegedly libeling Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abult Gheit according to Sunday press reports. Gheit alleges that Hamdi Qandeel insulted him in an article he wrote for the independent daily Shorouk in which Qandeel analogized statements made by Gheit to garbage leaked from a garbage bag. [...]

An appeals court in Argentina Friday reopened an investigation into crimes against humanity committed in Spain during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War and the subsequent regime of General Francisco Franco . The Spanish government adopted an amnesty law in 1977 after Franco’s death barring investigation and prosecution of such crimes. Under “universal jurisdiction” doctrine the [...]

The classified advertising website Craigslist removed its “adult services” section Saturday, replacing it with a “censored” label after 18 state attorneys general criticized the section in a letter sent last month. The letter, written by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and joined by the attorneys general of 17 other states, called on Craigslist to remove [...]

Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday concluded the one-day trial of Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election . During the Tehran trial, conducted by head judge Pyrbasy, Ahari faced charges of warring against God , known in Islamic law as Moharebeh, conspiring to commit a crime, [...]

Over 100,000 people in 130 cities across France protested Saturday against the security policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy . The protesters called the expulsion of illegal Roma and a recent bid to ban the burqa , xenophobic and said they make minority groups scapegoats for France’s crime problems. The League of Human Rights released a [...]

Canada has allocated $105 million to build new prison cells at four existing prisons in anticipation of a drastic increase in prisoners over the next several years. The Canadian government’s plan envisages the creation of 2,700 new spaces at the prisons within three years, in response to an expected 25 percent increase in the number [...]

The US Court of Military Commission Review will hear en banc an appeal by former Osama Bin Laden driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan according to media reports. The decision was revealed late Friday in a one-page order given to attorneys working on Hamdan’s case. Hamdan was convicted in August 2008 of providing material support for terrorism [...]

The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a 2008 judgment against the online auction house eBay for its role in the sale of counterfeit goods but significantly reduced the amount of damages eBay has to pay. The appeals court cut the damages to be paid to French luxury goods giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis [...]

Two individuals detained during the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Toronto in July filed a class action suit on Thursday on behalf of 1,150 individuals detained during the summit. The individuals, Miranda McQuade and Mike Barber, named three defendants in the suit, the Canadian Attorney General, the Toronto Police Services Board and the Regional [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges . The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by falsely promising them job opportunities and then forcing them to work at farms in Washington and Hawaii by threatening [...]