A Shchyolkovo town court ruled Thursday that the main texts of Scientology, including What Is Scientology?, are "calls to extremist activity" and placed them on the Federal List of Extremist Materials , effectively...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday that the recent wave of Middle East and North African protests and revolutions showed a basic need for human rights . Pillay recounted the efforts...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday rejected a motion by Google to dismiss class-action lawsuits under wiretapping laws. Judge James Ware denied ...
The US Sentencing Commission (USSC) voted unanimously on Thursday to implement the retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act , which brings the sentences for crack cocaine more in line for those...
The US Senate passed the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act by 79-20 on Wednesday. The bill exempts 170 minor executive posts and 2,800 posts in the US Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Thursday released to Lebanese authorities an indictment with four arrest warrants in relation to the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri [BBC profile;...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday contesting a bankruptcy court ruling that the Defense of Marriage...
Oman's Misdemeanour Court of First Instance in Muscat sentenced 13 protesters on Wednesday, handing five-year sentences to seven of the activists. Those seven were charged with shutting down a government organization. Six others were given...
Gay rights groups Lambda Legal and Garden State Equality filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to force the state of New Jersey to recognize and legalize same-sex marriage as opposed to its current...
Ivory Coast Justice Minister Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, allowing an investigation into political violence to proceed and pledging cooperation with the ICC....
