The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday elected 14 countries to a three-year term on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning January 1. The assembly chose Algeria, China, Cuba, France Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Vietnam, Russia and the UK via a secret ballot election. The [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to investigate the bombing of two villages that killed 33 civilians in 1994. A unanimous court issued its preliminary judgment, finding Turkey in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for the death of 33 civilians, the “extremely inadequate investigation,” [...]
The Hawaii Senate on Tuesday passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage by a vote of 19-4. The Hawaii House of Representatives approved the same-sex marriage bill last week after adding amendments that allow religious organizations to withhold services if the same-sex marriage would be a violation of their beliefs. President Barack Obama praised Hawaii on [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday sentenced Somali pirate Ahmed Muse Salad to life in prison without parole for his involvement in the deaths of four Americans off the coast of Africa. Salad was among the 19 men who boarded and hijacked a yacht, shooting and [...]
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Egypt’s government on Tuesday lifted the country’s state of emergency and evening curfew, which have been in place since August 14. An adviser to Prime Minster Hazem el-Beblawi reported to the BBC that the state of emergency and the curfew were both lifted at 4:00 PM local time. A court ruling prompted the move, and [...]
A Moscow court ruled Tuesday that the Russian government can seize the assets of Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin. Charges for theft and money laundering were filed last month against Navalny and his brother. No trial date has been set, but the penalties include up to 10 years imprisonment for theft [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit opposing the merger of American Airlines and US Airways . The DOJ filed a proposed final judgment in the US District Court for the District of Columbia , which will allow the airlines to finalize the proposed deal. The proposed [...]
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Tuesday in Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems , letting stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling striking down a law requiring women to be shown ultrasounds of the fetus before undergoing an abortion. Oklahoma officials appealed the case arguing that informational requirements support “the State’s legitimate interest of reducing [...]
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled Tuesday that Section 95 of the Criminal Code , which established a three-year minimum sentence for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and a five-year minimum sentence for the possession of an unlicensed firearm for repeat offenders, is unconstitutional. The court found that both minimums were in violation [...]
