The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that a 17-year sentence was not enough for Jose Padilla , convicted on terrorism-related charges. Padilla and co-defendants...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday temporarily enjoined a Florida law restricting what physicians can ask or say about firearms to their patients as violative of...
A South African court on Monday found the controversial African National Congress (ANC) Youth League President Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for singing the apartheid-era protest song "Shoot the Boer."...
The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday concluded three days of hearings in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh aimed at determining whether two senior Khmer Rouge ...
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a ruling that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST...
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled unanimously that a 3 percent cut to state workers' pay to fund the retiree health care benefits violates the Michigan Constitution . Specifically, the court ruled last Thursday...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a legislative decree on Sunday repealing earlier more restrictive laws on media. Legislative Decree No. 108 for 2011 lifts oppressive legislation which allowed for imprisoning journalists for...
An Egyptian judge on Saturday fined former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and two ministers $90 million for shutting down Internet and mobile phone service during the protests culminating in his ouster. The massive fine, the first...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday struck down a campaign finance law which bans corporations from making contributions to federal candidates, citing the controversial Supreme Court...
UN human rights expert Martin Scheinin called on the Transitional Government of Tunisia Thursday to reform the counter-terrorism law to comply with international human rights law. Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and...
