The Constitutional Court of Romania stated on Tuesday that at least 50 percent of the electorate must turn out for the July 29 national referendum to decide whether President Traian Basescu should be ousted from the presidency. If less than 50 percent of the electorate turns out for the referendum, then the vote to remove [...]
A Massachusetts man agreed to plead guilty on charges of attempting to damage and destroy a federal building, as well as to provide material support to terrorists, authorities announced on Tuesday. The prosecution and the lawyers for Rezwan Ferdaus, a US citizen of Bangladeshi descent born and raised in Massachusetts, came to an agreement for [...]
A coalition of environmental protection organizations sued the US Department of the Interior , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other officials on Tuesday in an effort to block offshore oil drilling by Royal Dutch Shell in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska [...]
Former Interior Minister of Iraq Mahmoud Thiab al-Ahmed, who served under former dictator Saddam Hussein , was released from prison on Tuesday after serving an eight-year sentence for his part in draining the marshes in Southern Iraq. Saddam had accused people living in the marsh areas of being disloyal to the government in the 1980s. [...]
JURIST Columnist Volha Samasiuk holds an LL.M. from the University of Arkansas School of Law. In the second entry of a two-part series, she argues for changes in social policy to address food security…
A senior adviser to al Qaeda was released over the weekend from a detention facility in Mauritania, his brother Sidi Ould Walid reported on Monday. Abu Hafs al-Mauritani , whose full given name is Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, had been in custody under Iranian authority before being extradited to Mauritania in April. Hafs was released after [...]
The State Duma , the lower house of the Russian parliament, on Tuesday ratified the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession package protocol , clearing the way for Russia’s membership in the global trading system. Despite stiff opposition, the ruling United Russia party garnered enough votes to approve the WTO membership agreement by a 30-vote majority. [...]
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt on Tuesday suspended the decree of President Mohammed Morsi calling the dissolved Egyptian parliament back into session. The decision of the court will prevent the decree from taking effect until the court can consider its legality. Morsi issued the decree on Sunday despite a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional [...]
It was reported Monday that the US will retain control of non-Afghan detainees at Parwan Detention Center at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, despite plans to transfer control of the facility to the Afghan government in two months. Under the terms of the agreement with Kabul , the Afghan government is to assume control of [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged the government of Kyrgyzstan to ensure the protection of human rights and the rule of law. Pillay mentioned that one of the obstacles the country has to overcome is corruption, which affects every aspect of society, undermining the “rule of law, the police, the [...]
