The Russian Supreme Court on Friday ordered the review of the case against two members of the feminist rock group Pussy Riot . Band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred in August 2012 and sentenced to two years in prison in connection with the groups protest [...]
The EU Court of Justice ruled Thursday that in countries in which same-sex couples cannot legally marry, same-sex couples in a legal union are entitled to the same legal benefits as married couples. The case stemmed from an employment benefits issue in France that was appealed to the court before the country legalized same-sex marriage [...]
The Bangladesh government on Thursday executed Abdul Quader Mullah , Assistant Secretary General of the opposition Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party. Mollah was convicted by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICTB) for crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and sentenced to life in prison; however, in September the Supreme Court of Bangladesh sentenced Mollah to [...]
The UN team investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria reported on Thursday that it has found credible evidence that chemical weapons have been used on numerous occasions throughout the Syrian Civil War . The Mission to Investigate Allegations of Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic confirmed in September that chemical [...]
The Belgian Senate voted Thursday to allow euthanasia for terminally ill minors. The legislation would extend a 2002 law that allows euthanasia for terminally ill adults to minors with “constant and unbearable physical suffering” and equipped “with a capacity of discernment.” The law requires that the patient be legally competent and conscious at the time [...]
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday granted a motion by Radovan Karadzic to subpoena Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army during the Bosnian civil war, to testify at his trial where he has been charged with genocide, crimes against humanity charges and violations of the laws [...]
Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland will soon be able to adopt children, officials said Wednesday. The announcement came after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Health Minister Edwin Poots , finding that it did not meet the criteria. The Northern Ireland High Court ruled last year that the law permitting adoption only by heterosexual [...]
The High Court of Australia on Thursday struck down The Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act of 2013 , which allowed same-sex couples to marry within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The court ruled by unanimous decision that the act cannot operate concurrently with the federal Marriage Act of 1961 and that the federal Parliament solely [...]
A judge for South Korea’s Seoul Central District Court on Thursday dismissed an attempt by Samsung to bans sales of certain Apple products in the country. Samsung claimed that Apple had infringed three patents with products such as the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad2, seeking 100 million won (USD $95,100) in damages. The judge [...]
Former prime minister of Thailand and head of the opposition Democrat Party , Abhisit Vejjajiva , was formally charged Thursday with the murder of two individuals during the 2010 Thai military crackdown on anti-government protests. In 2010 the Red Shirt protesters, supporters of current PM Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra [...]
