A Wisconsin circuit court judge extended an ex parte restraining order on Tuesday that the Wisconsin capitol building must be made open to the public during business hours, sought in light of recent protests that have caused officials to regulate entrance into the building. The Wisconsin State Employees Union Council 24 (WSUE) filed the petition [...]
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy lost his final appeal to the Cambodian Supreme Court on Wednesday for charges of intentionally destroying posts marking the border between Cambodia and Vietnam and inciting racial discrimination through that act. The ruling upheld the conviction in absentia due to Rainsy self-imposed exile since 2005. At the hearing, Rainsy’s representative [...]
The UN General Assembly voted Tuesday to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in response to the violent suppression of peaceful protesters by forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi . The resolution , adopted by consensus, came at the request of the UNHRC itself, which voted last week in favor of a resolution [...]
Lindsay Green-Barber : “Ecuador’s President Correa will today sign an executive decree ordering a consulta popular (referendum) to be held within 67 days. While the justices of Ecuador’s Corte Constitucional have, with a majority of opinions, deemed President Correa’s proposed consulta as constitutional, it remains anything but popular. The debate over the consulta has revealed [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-0 in FCC v. AT&T that the 7(C) “personal privacy” exemption to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request does not apply to corporations. AT&T had opposed the release of various documents, including invoices and e-mails with pricing and billing information, collected in the course of a Federal [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene and Alford v. Greene on whether the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant, court order, parental consent or exigent circumstances to allow law enforcement and child welfare officials to conduct a temporary seizure and interview a child suspected of being [...]
Amnesty International (AI) called Tuesday for an investigation into the Tunisian Security Force’s alleged brutality against protesters. AI urged the interim government to immediately conduct a full investigation into the killings and allegations of serious abuse and hold the perpetrators accountable. The report reveals acts of brutality used by security forces, including shooting bystanders and [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Staub v. Proctor Hospital that an employer may be held liable for employment discrimination based on discriminatory motivations of a supervisor who influences, but does not necessarily make, the decision to fire an employee. Petitioner Vincent Staub served in the military while working for respondent Proctor [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-0 in Henderson v. Shinseki that the 120-day statute of limitations for challenging a denial of veteran’s benefits is not jurisdictional. In its decision, the court overruled the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which had affirmed the holding of the US Court [...]
A special court in India sentenced 11 Muslims to death Tuesday in connection with the Godhra train burning in 2002 that killed 59 Hindu nationalists and started the 2002 Gujarat riots . Special judge PR Patel handed down death sentences for 11 of 31 convicted last week under the India Penal Code for murder, attempted [...]
