The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Saturday issued a decree banning discrimination on the basis of race, gender or religion. The SCAF article, Law Decree No. 125 / 2011, amended Criminal Law provisions...
The US House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to three free trade agreements, marking the first time in several years that the US has formed a trade partnership. The House and Senate voted...
A coalition of civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block South Carolina's recently passed immigration law . Brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and...
Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to all counts of a criminal indictment charging him for his role in...
Florida submitted a request to the US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday seeking declaratory judgments regarding recently-enacted changes to the state's Election Code , four sections of which require Section 5 ...
Bahrain on Wednesday announced retrials will be given to 20 medical staff convicted last month of participating in the country's pro-democracy protests against the ruling regime. Dr. Ali al-Boainain, Bahrain's attorney general, stated that the department...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday denied an emergency motion to issue a temporary injunction on those portions of Alabama's recently passed immigration law that...
The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday rejected four amendments to the country's Criminal Code . Parliamentary deputies refused to include in the agenda for discussion proposed amendments to the Code, which were introduced by the...
Malaysia's government on Wednesday released 125 prisoners who were being held under a decades-old security law that has been widely criticized by human rights and opposition groups. In an address to Parliament earlier this week, Prime Minister...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday officially referred charges against a high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainee who allegedly planned the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that left 17 sailors dead...
