A spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Sunday that the UN chemical weapons inspection team in Syria is set to begin transferring samples that it has collected from the country to the laboratories for testing. Following the analysis, a report will be given to Ban, who will then share the results with all permanent [...]
Egyptian authorities on Sunday charged deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders with “incitement to murder” stemming from violent protests that took place last year. In August 2012, Morsi issued a declaration granting himself complete legislative and executive power. The declaration and subsequent rulings resulted in political and social discord and massive, [...]
Trial began Monday in the 13th Ankara Criminal Court for more than 100 senior military officials accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government in 1997. In February 1997, Turkey’s secular National Security Council allegedly met and voted to impose strict rules limiting Islamist education in order to force pro-Islam Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan to [...]
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld Mississippi’s House Bill 2 , which stipulates that gun owners do not need a special permit to carry a gun in a holster or carrying case, so long as it is at least partially visible. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill into law in March, and [...]
Momcilo Krajisnik , the former speaker for the Bosnian Serb parliament, returned to Bosnia Friday after being released from prison. Krajisnik, arrested in 2000, was convicted in 2006 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for the persecution, deportation and forcible transfer of civilians from their homes during the Bosnian Civil War [...]
The Chinese Ministry of Supervision on Sunday announced plans to investigate Jiang Jiemin, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission . The investigation stems from Jiemin’s alleged involvement in an undisclosed “serious discipline violation” . While the precise reason for the investigation is reportedly unknown, authorities investigated Jiemin in November when he was [...]
Approximately 100 staff members at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , went on strike Sunday in protest of unpaid wages. More than 250 staff members, including judges, prosecutors and interpreters, have not been paid since June of this year because of budgetary problems. The Khmer Rouge tribunal [...]
US President Barack Obama said Saturday he would seek Congressional approval for military action in Syria when Congress reconvenes September 9. Obama
UN rights experts marked the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances on Friday by calling for the international community to do more to support families of the victims of enforced disappearances as well as NGO’s that are fighting for those victims’ rights. The experts noted that these individuals are often targets of threats and [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reprimanded the Sri Lankan government on Saturday during her opening remarks at a press conference during her week-long mission to Sri Lanka. Although she acknowledged the achievements made by the Sri Lankan government in terms of resettlement, reconstruction and rehabilitation since the end of its 26-year civil [...]
