A top UN official specializing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday emphasized the need to address the issue of impunity for those involved in human rights violations over the past year. The DRC has seen an increase in violence in the last year as a result of continuing sectarian conflict in [...]
Egyptian authorities on Saturday ordered deposed president Mohamed Morsi to jail for four days pending investigations regarding Morsi’s alleged insult to judicial authority. Morsi is charged with insulting the judiciary after he accused 22 judges of fraud during the 2005 parliamentary elections in a televised interview. Morsi is currently in detention, and this most recent [...]
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday stated it is “increasingly worried” for the safety of civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR). UNHCR reported that during a visit to CAR last week, they witnessed virtual lawlessness in the CAR, discovering several villages burned to the ground and deserted. The UNHCR reported that local inhabitants [...]
The US Civilian Board of Contract Appeals has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)to pay the City of New Orleans $10.8 million in connection to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The decision, issued last week, comes in response to a June 2012 request for arbitration by the City of New Orleans following a May 2012 [...]
The EU General Court on Friday annulled sanctions imposed upon eight Iranian banks and companies, finding them unjustified. The 28-nation group has frozen assets and banned travel since 2010 for Iranian citizens thought to be linked to the nation’s nuclear development. Citing insufficient evidence, the EU court nullified the sanctions on select companies and banks [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday entered an injunction against Apple preventing the company from future antitrust violations in connection with e-book price fixing. The injunction, rendered by Judge Denise Cote, forbids Apple from making any contractual relations with publishing companies that “restricts, limits, or [...]
The increasing organized crime in Eastern Africa (EA) must be tackled both within the region and the markets where illicit goods will be delivered, according to a report published Wednesday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) . According to the report, in 2012 more than 100,000 people paid smugglers to transport them [...]
Two independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday stressed the UK’s obligation to ensure that investigative journalists are allowed protection from intimidation and punishment. Wednesday’s statement comes as a reaction to the recent detention of David Miranda, partner of The Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has broken several stories regarding governmental surveillance activities. Along with [...]
The Guardian on Thursday obtained files showing that the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its UK counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) , have compromised the guarantees that Internet companies have given consumers to reassure them that their communications are encrypted. The files, published in partnership with the New York Times and ProPublica , [...]
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday ruled that the state is responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims who were murdered shortly after being forced to leave a UN designated “safe area” controlled by the Dutch Battalion (Dutchbat), during the Srebrenica massacre . The court found that Dutchbat’s conduct could be attributed [...]
