The Ontario Superior Court on Friday acquitted Jacques Mungwarere of one count of genocide by murder and one count of crimes against humanity by murder. The charges arose from Mungwarere’s alleged involvement in a massacre during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Judge Michel Charbonneau found that Mungwarere was likely guilty but ruled that the evidence [...]
A Bahrain court on Thursday sentenced 29 protesters to one month in prison for entering Pearl Square, an area that has been heavily fortified since the Bahrain uprising. The area was once the center of opposition activity. Opposition leaders have called for increased protests, inspired by the recent ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. The [...]
Lawyers for Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak on Saturday entered a not guilty plea when his retrial for alleged complicity in the 2011 killings of protestors resumed. Mubarak, who also faces corruption charges alongside his two sons, received a life sentence at the original trial last year. However, in January an appeals court ordered a retrial [...]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Friday signed a bill requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and banning doctors without admitting privileges at local hospitals from performing the procedures. The law goes into effect Saturday. Within hours of the signing, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal [...]
The UK House of Commons voted 304-0 on Friday in favor a bill that would guarantee a nationwide referendum in 2017 to determine whether the UK would remain within the European Union (EU) . The bill was introduced by Conservative MP James Wharton in order to give British citizens the opportunity to share their opinions [...]
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday shut down four Islamist-run television stations that were viewed as sympathetic to ousted President Mohamed Morsi . This crackdown occurred only a day after the Egyptian military removed Morsi from office and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour . The military also raided the offices [...]
Pakistan’s new government on Thursday lifted the country’s moratorium on executions. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), a center-right party, took power during elections in May, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) . PML-N Interior Ministry spokesman Umer Hameed declared that the government will begin to impose the death penalty on a case-by-case basis. Amnesty [...]
The North Carolina Senate passed 29-12 legislation on Wednesday that places severe restrictions on abortion. The bill will likely shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics because it requires clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgery centers . The bill also bans gender-selective abortions, restricts insurance coverage of abortions under the Patient [...]
Younis Chekkouri, a Moroccan Guantanamo Bay detainee, recently disclosed in a letter to his lawyer that the US military personnel are punishing him and other hunger-strikers every time they leave or return to their cells. Chekkouri described being surrounded by eight guards and a watch commander in a room while two guards “put their hands [...]
The Chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt , Adly Mansour , on Thursday took the oath to become the interim head of state after the Egyptian military deposed President Mohamed Morsi and suspended the nation’s constitution on Wednesday. Morsi has been placed under house arrest, and arrest warrants have been issued for approximately [...]
