Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday that the country’s blasphemy laws would not be misused to persecute religious beliefs. Zardari’s comments came after an 11-year-old Christian was arrested last week for allegedly desecrating pages of a religious text. Police said after the girl’s arrest that she may have Down syndrome. Zardari has ordered an [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted lawfully when it approved a plan to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline. The EPA approved the introduction of a fuel blend known as E15 which consists of 15 percent ethanol, up from [...]
The government of Myanmar announced Monday that it has abolished the country’s strict press censorship practices. While laws governing the content of published material will remain, the government abolished its practice of reviewing material before publication . A review board may still review publications after they are published and remove any illegal content. The new [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson told reporters on Sunday that the US government must allow an independent investigation of the legality of its drone strike policy. The US has received heavy criticism recently for its use of drone strikes to attack targets in the War on Terror . Emmerson criticized [...]
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna , the political party of ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The lawsuit specifically alleges that Yanukovych has illegally passed a law making Russian the official language [...]
The Idaho Supreme Court announced Friday that on Monday it will begin streaming video of all oral arguments held in Boise live for the public to see. The live videos will be available on the court’s online calendar for free and will be streamed via Idaho Public Television’s Idaho Legislature Live , which already broadcasts [...]
Google’s recently acquired Motorola Mobility filed suit against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday. The filing, which should be made public on Monday, alleges that Apple’s mobility devices infringe on seven patents held by Motorola. The suit seeks to block the import of products such as the iPad, iPhone and the [...]
The Utah Attorney General’s Office said in court documents filed with the US District Court for the District of Utah on Friday that the state’s immigration law should be allowed to go into effect based on the recent US Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona’s similar immigration law. The attorneys general filed a 20-page response Friday [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah on Friday refused to dismiss a case challenging the state’s prohibition on bigamy. The lawsuit was filed by the stars of the reality TV show “Sister Wives.” Judge Clark Waddoups ruled that even though the Utah County Attorney has stated his office would [...]
Myanmar president Thein Sein on Friday announced the creation of a 27-member commission tasked with investigating the cause of the sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists. The clashes, which began in May and carried on into June in the western Rakhine state, were responsible for at least 83 deaths and the displacement of [...]
