The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia Shamsul Bari on Wednesday welcomed the elections of the new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the new Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Sheikh...
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UN expert urges new Somalia leaders to respect human rights, rule of law
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Germany Constitutional Court supports, caps eurozone funding
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Libya judge suspends trial of senior Gaddafi intelligence official
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to consider two more challenges to DOMA
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Federal appeals court reinstates damage award in file-sharing lawsuit
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Ohio files appeal to early voting decision
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Ninth Circuit restricts injunction on Idaho abortion law
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UN rights chief urges Venezuela to stay in human rights court
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West Virginia high court finds public campaign financing law unconstitutional
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IRS awards $104 million to Swiss bank tax whistleblower
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The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on Wednesday rejected a preliminary injunction to halt the implementation of the the 500 billion euro (USD $632 billion) European Stability Mechanism...
A Libyan judge on Tuesday temporarily suspended the trial of former intelligence chief Buzeid Dorda following claims by his defense lawyer that the trial was unconstitutional. Dorda, who was intelligence chief under former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary;...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed petitions in the US Supreme Court asking them to consider two additional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . The recent petitions bring the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a $220,000 jury verdict in a music file-sharing case against Jamie Thomas-Rasset for downloading 24 copyrighted songs. Sony BMG, Arista Records, Interscope Records,...
Ohio officials on Monday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling requiring Ohio's three-day early voting to be available to military and civilians alike. Ohio Secretary of State John Husted and Attorney General Mike DeWine...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday narrowed the scope on a preliminary injunction against a 1972 Idaho law that makes it a felony to end one's own pregnancy. Mother of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged Venezuela on Tuesday to re-commit to the American Convention on Human Rights , the treaty that empowers the Inter-American Court of...
The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia on Friday struck down a new West Virginia law that provides public financing for candidates in state Supreme Court elections. The case was brought...
An attorney for former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld announced on Tuesday that the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded Birkenfeld $104 million for information leading to an agreement between UBS and the IRS for $740...
