A federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Montana on Friday ruled that the state's medical marijuana law does not protect providers of the drug from federal prosecution. Judge...
Chinese authorities on Wednesday sentenced a prominent rights activist to 10 years in prison, marking the third such sentence in a month. Dissident Li Tie was sentenced for subversion . The charges were brought in response to pro-democracy...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Tuesday that Madoff trustee Irving Picard cannot appeal a ruling that threw out most of his $1 billion suit...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) has recommended that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amend the law that punishes anyone who insults the royal family with up to 15 years in prison [Thai Penal Code...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday lifted an injunction on a Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing an abortion , allowing...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the brutal crackdown on protesters by military and security forces in Cairo. Since Friday the brutal suppression of demonstrations has led to...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Friday that Callixte Mbarushimana should be released because there is not enough evidence to charge him. Mbarushimana was allegedly tied to the murder, rape and...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday struck down a Wisconsin law that prohibited people from donating more than $10,000 a year to political action committees (PACs). The case was brought...
Former Yugoslav intelligence officer Dragomir Pecanac was convicted Friday on a charge of contempt for failing to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The charges were...
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison outside the capital of Romania, the Associated Press (AP) alleged on Thursday. A joint investigation between the AP and a German public television...
