The abuse of Irish children by members of the clergy, revealed by four state-sponsored reports, included acts that amounted to torture , Amnesty International said Monday. Aimed at why the abuse occurred, the report, titled In Plain Sight , calls attention to those who “turned a blind eye” to the abuse and “people in positions [...]
The Kuwait Cabinet on Sunday approved a draft anti-corruption law meant to combat the country’s growing business corruption troubles. The law imposes penalties of up to seven years in prison for a number of offenses related to money laundering and financial disclosure, including manipulation of public tenders and auctions, bribery, counterfeiting, forgery and graft. The [...]
US counter-terrorism officials have indicated that the administration of President Barack Obama is considering trying the former leader of Hezbollah in a military commission on US soil, the Associated Press reported Monday. According to anonymous officials, the Obama administration is considering the controversial move because they believe that the best place to try Ali Mussa [...]
Scottish prosecutors asked Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) on Monday for any evidence, witnesses or assistance they can provide in tracking down those involved in the Lockerbie bombing . The request follows the Scottish Crown’s recent defense of its decision to release convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on humanitarian grounds due to [...]
Five human rights groups sent a letter Monday to Cameroon President Paul Biya, urging him to end persecution against gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize homosexual conduct . The groups, Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, L’Association pour la Defense des Droits des Homosexuel(le)s and Alternatives [...]
Farrell Miller, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the fifth article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor Leonard Baynes. He writes on why Facebook users are not entitled to constitutional privacy protections… [...]
The UN Security Council on Sunday called on Yemen to end ongoing violence related to attacks on unarmed, peaceful protestors and urged the nation to comply with international law. Ambassador Nawaf Salam of Lebanon, on behalf of the 15 Security Council member nations, advised Yemen officials to proceed with “an inclusive, orderly and Yemeni-led process [...]
Libyan leaders, including National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil , met Sunday to begin a discussion regarding the formation of the country’s interim government. During the meeting, which is set to last three days, the leaders are expected to work out the details of the new government and the positions therein, which will [...]
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted 249-169 to pass a bill that would effectively block a number of broad regulations aimed at reducing emissions. The Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act 2011 would require the formation of a committee, chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, to perform “analyses of [...]
Former Pennsylvania Judge Michael Conahan, 59, was sentenced on Friday to 17 and a half years in federal prison for his involvement in a juvenile sentencing scandal . Conahan appeared in a federal courtroom at the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and apologized to the legal community, the public and the [...]
