A proposed Saudi Arabian counterterrorism law would allow authorities to prosecute anti-government protestors, Amnesty International (AI) announced Friday. AI revealed that the Draft Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism seeks to punish those who “question the integrity of the King or Crown Prince,” with minimum penalties amounting to 10 years in prison. [...]
Goran Hadzic was extradited to The Hague on Friday, where he now awaits trial for war crimes . Hadzic was the last fugitive of the original 161 sought for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and was arrested earlier this week . Hadzic waived his right to appeal extradition [...]
Ohio voters will decide whether to repeal a law limiting the collective bargaining rights of state workers after opponents of the bill gathered 915,456 signatures Thursday, almost 700,000 more than the required 231,147 signatures. The bill was passed in March, but will not go into effect until it survives the public referendum in November. The [...]
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that Canadian crime rates have hit their lowest levels since 1973. Crime fell 5 percent in 2010 to just over two million crimes committed. Experts cite Canada’s aging population as well as keeping children in school longer as major reasons for the decline. The recent statistics have led opponents of the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the government of Malaysia to release six leaders of the opposition Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) who are being held for organizing a rally earlier this month. Originally they were charged with “preparing to wage war against the king,” but were released and then immediately re-arrested and held under [...]
A UK court on Thursday ruled that four elderly Kenyans could sue Britain’s government on claims related to torture that took place during a 1950s anti-colonial rebellion. The Kenyans, who are now over 70 years old, allege that they were beaten and sexually assaulted by British administration officers attempting to quell the Mau Mau uprising [...]
Both the prosecution and the defense in the case of alleged Nazi Sandor Kepiro have announced they will be appealing a Hungarian court’s decision to acquit . Kepiro was acquitted of participating in the 1942 Novi Sad massacre in Serbia. Prosecutor Zsolt Falvai declared the acquittal unfounded and said the three-judge panel had misinterpreted his [...]
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Thursday voted in favor of reinstituting a directive known as the “Mexico City policy,” or “Global Gag Rule,” that prohibits government funding from going to international organizations that perform abortions or provide information, referrals and counselors regarding abortions. The provision, which includes an exception for cases [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA) and several other civil rights groups jointly filed a motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday in an effort to prevent an Alabama immigration law from taking effect on September 1. The motion, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District [...]
Three accused Somali pirates pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hijacking a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four US citizens. Their charges included murder, piracy, hostage taking and violence against maritime navigation resulting in death, among other charges. The men were charged earlier this month in the US District Court for the Eastern [...]
