The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang. The trial was previously postponed and was scheduled to begin May 28. A new trial date will be set after the status conference on May 14. The prosecution is seeking to add five witnesses, [...]
Senegal Justice Minister Aminate Toure and Chadian Justice Minister Jean-Bernard Badare signed an agreement Friday allowing Senegalese judges to carry out investigations in Chad in preparation for the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . The agreement allows for Senegalese judges to travel to Chad, speak with witnesses, visit former prisons and do whatever [...]
The European Commission on Monday sent a Statement of Objections informing Motorola Mobility, a telecommunications equipment corporation owned by Google , of its preliminary view that the company’s seeking and enforcing of an injunction against Apple in Germany is an abuse of its market position. The use of injunctions on mobile phone standard-essential patents can [...]
Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as well as two bombings and 15 bank robberies. Her two presumed accomplices died in an apparent [...]
Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday approved the political isolation law, which would ban anyone who worked as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi from holding a position in Libya’s government for the next 10 years. Current officials who lose their post will be replaced by either the party’s next name in line or [...]
A Bahrain court on Sunday issued 15 year prison sentences to 31 protesters for their role in firebomb attacks as part of anti-government protests, according to a defense lawyer. The sentence came after the protesters were arrested in March and charged with attempted murder, burning police cars, protesting and possession of explosives. The crimes were [...]
A group of 20 Tory MPs on Saturday have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a nationwide referendum on remaining within the European Union (EU) prior to the next general election in 2015. In January, Cameron promised that if his party were to win the next election in 2015, the Tories would then [...]
The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer on April 29 that requires surrendered weapons to be sold instead of destroyed takes effect. The law will take effect on July 29. Opponents stated [...]
Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) met Sunday to vote on a draft law that could ban anyone who worked for Muammar Gaddafi , including Libya’s Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan , from holding a position in Libya’s current administration. If voted into effect, it would cover anyone who held an official position from Gaddafi’s first day [...]
The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday that the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) must list both spouses of a same-sex couple on their children’s birth certificates. Melissa and Heather Gartner sued the IDPH after officials refused to include the name of their child’s non-biological parent on the child’s birth certificate unless the [...]
