The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Monday that its affiliates in 38 states had sent letters to local and state police departments asking them to clarify how they use information obtained from automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). ALPRs are cameras mounted near roads and highways that photograph and record license plate numbers. The [...]

The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Monday confirmed its jurisdiction over the trials of the assassins of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri . The defense counsel for the four accused, Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Oneissi and Assad Sabra , had challenged the court’s jurisdiction and its legality arguing that the establishment [...]

Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minister Tomas Borec asked a court to seek the extradition of the man alleged to be Laszlo Csatary . [...]

A court in Namibia has ruled that the government sterilized three HIV-positive women without obtaining appropriate consent, a legal aid group said Monday. The Southern African Litigation Center (SALC) reported that the court ruled the sterilization of the women improper after finding that they were asked to sign the release forms “while they were in [...]

An Indian court sentenced 21 individuals to life imprisonment on Monday after finding them guilty of attempted murder and rioting relating to several murders in the town of Visnagar in Gujarat state 10 years ago. The 21 Hindus were convicted and sentenced for the deaths of 11 members of a Muslim family in 2002. The [...]

A court in the Maldives has refused to hear the case against former president Mohamed Nasheed, saying it does not have jurisdiction to rule in the case. Nasheed was formally charged earlier this month with illegally arresting a former chief justice of the nation’s criminal court and thereby violating the nation’s constitution . The constitution [...]

Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday requested permission to be absent from her tax evasion trial proceedings, which are scheduled to resume on July 31. Tymoshenko reportedly asked to be excused from the proceedings due to health concerns. A German doctor who examined her has said that she will require eight weeks [...]

A rights group in South Korea on Monday announced its intent to appeal to the UN over the alleged torture of Seoul activist Kim Young-hwan during his time detained in China after helping North Korean refugees there. The Committee for the Release of Kim Young-hwan is considering filing an international complaint against China after Chinese [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday issued an injunction barring the federal government from enforcing its controversial employer insurance mandate against a Colorado business owned by a Catholic family. The mandate , issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , was added to [...]

Romanian President Traian Basescu survived a national referendum on Sunday when the vote was invalidated for failing to achieve the required threshold of 50 percent voter turnout. The controversial attempt to remove Basescu from office was largely orchestrated by Prime Minister Victor Ponta , whose Social Liberal Union (USL) party in May gained control of [...]