The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt said Wednesday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the proposed amendments to the political isolation law on June 14. The Political isolation law was passed in 2011 and had the purpose of blocking high members of the regime of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak from holding a [...]
The Interior Minister of Bahrain said that the government was not responsible for the use of excessive force by police officers last year, which resulted in the death of more than 30 protesters, a regional newspaper reported Wednesday. The Minister indicated that the officers acted of their own accord, and stated that they would held [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Israel to release all prisoners of conscience and administrative detainees or immediately try them under international fair trial standards. AI revealed that Israel has been using a number of laws, such as the Military Order 1651 and the Emergency Powers (Detention) Law, against Palestinian citizens in the West Bank. [...]
Both houses of the Russian parliament have passed a controversial bill that increases the maximum fine for protestors who violate demonstration regulations. The lower house, or State Duma , passed the bill late Tuesday night on its third reading amid protests that the law was too harsh. The Federation Council , the parliament’s upper house, [...]
Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday began a five-day visit to locations relevant to the indictment of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic , founding member of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS). The visiting delegation includes four Trial Chamber judges as well as support staff from the Tribunal [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday rejected a request by Apple for a preliminary injunction against four Samsung products including the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Judge Lucy Koh reasoned that the court does not have jurisdiction to grant Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction and ban Samsung’s products [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted JPMorgan Chase permission on Monday to pay $44.6 million in order to resolve allegations of fraudulent bidding practices for state and local government investment securities at taxpayers’ expense. The approval came after an order in March granting preliminary approval of class action settlement [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday denied a petition filed by supporters of Proposition 8 to rehear their case before the entire court. Proponents of Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban, requested a new hearing in February after a three-judge panel voted 2-1 to overturn the law earlier that month, [...]
Russian police on Tuesday arrested more than 20 people who were protesting a new bill that was introduced to the State Duma , the lower house of parliament, for a final vote. The proposed bill would raise the maximum fines for participating in an unsanctioned rally from 2,000 rubles (USD $60) to 300,000 rubles ($9,000) [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered attorneys in the case of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee to supply briefs explaining whether the issue has become moot. The case revolves around the war crimes conviction of former detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan . Hamdan has already completed his sentence and [...]
