The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision blocking a Minnesota law imposing fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video games. A US district judge had blocked the law that would impose a $25 fine on people under 17 found buying or renting mature or adult-rated video [...]

Entertainment Software Association, et al., v. Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, March 17, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Pakistani lawyers will hold nationwide protests if the reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan , now packed with judges loyal to President Pervez Musharraf, tries to prevent a parliamentary reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other superior court judges Musharraf ousted last year, Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan said Monday. Ahsan [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda asked Peruvian President Alan Garcia during talks in Tokyo Monday to ensure that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is treated fairly during his ongoing trial on murder and kidnapping charges , which stem from the military killings of 25 people in 1991 and 1992. In response, Garcia said he would [...]

An Australian parliamentarian Monday introduced a bill in the Parliament of Australia that would call for the appointment of an independent reviewer to evaluate Australia's counterterrorism laws. Petro Georgiou of the Liberal Party noted that more than 30 counterterrorism measures have been introduced in Australia in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, and said that [...]

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers sharply criticized Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a Monday address to the Indian Supreme Court and its bar, saying that Musharraf's ouster of Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other superior court judges in November after proclaiming emergency rule was [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear eight cases , including FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) , where the Court will review a June 2007 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which vacated a determination by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that two Fox Television broadcasts [...]

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Monday upheld a July 2007 decision refusing to grant medical release to jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour . The court reportedly held that Nour, who suffers from heart disease and diabetes, can receive adequate medical treatment in prison and that his health is therefore not in danger. Nour was convicted [...]

The violence that wracked Kenya after the nation's disputed 2007 presidential election was carefully organized by "local leaders, politicians, and businessmen from all sides," according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch . Based on over 200 interviews with witnesses and perpetrators of the violence, the report found that attacks on supporters of [...]

The human rights situation in Iraq is "disastrous" five years after the US-led invasion of the country, according to a report from Amnesty International released Monday. According to the report's introduction: Five years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussain, Iraq is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Hundreds of people [...]