Bangladesh's Supreme Court recommended against military trials for Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members who took part in February's border guard mutiny , Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed announced Monday. President Zillur Rahman asked for the court's opinion to determine whether the accused should be tried under the Army Act of 1952 or whether they should face civilian [...]
Christina Abraham : "The newly adopted amendment to Rule 611 of the Michigan Rules of Evidence (MRE 611) is constitutionally questionable. The portion at issue reads: The court shall exercise reasonable control over the appearance of parties and witnesses so as to (1) ensure that the demeanor of such persons may be observed and assessed [...]
A specially appointed chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday found former spokesperson Florence Hartmann guilty of contempt for revealing confidential judicial decisions. She was also fined €7,000 to be paid in installments ending in November. Hartmann had been charged with two counts of contempt for allegedly disclosing protected [...]
The Seoul Central District Court on Monday found Microsoft in violation of South Korea's antitrust laws for bundling software programs with its Windows operating system. The court found the company's bundling practice to be in violation of fair competition rules and disruptive to the market. The court also dismissed a demand by South Korean software [...]
A panel of Iranian judiciary members has dismissed claims made by pro-reform presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi that detainees arrested following the disputed June 12 presidential election were sexually assaulted, according to a state media report Saturday. The panel, made up of Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, Judiciary Adviser Ali Khalafi, and Deputy Judiciary Chief Ebrahim [...]
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner proposed a new bill Friday that would erase libel and slander as crimes, part of a broader plan to change the way Argentina's telecommunications businesses are run. Opponents of that bill argue that its provisions, particularly those opening up cable television services to telephone companies, are aimed at helping [...]
The Obama administration is preparing to issue new guidelines for the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan that would allow detainees to oppose their indefinite incarceration, according to media reports Sunday. The guidelines are expected to affect all of the approximately 600 prisoners by providing members of the US military who would [...]
Stephanie Toti : "A state district court in Oklahoma sent a clear message last week when it struck down a law that imposed numerous restrictions on access to abortion services. Enacted in 2008, the law's restrictions included a provision that would have prevented a woman from obtaining an abortion unless she first submitted to an [...]
The Czech Parliament on Friday approved a constitutional amendment that would allow the legislative body to dissolve and hold early elections. The lawmakers initially agreed to amend the country's constitution on Thursday following a decision by the country's Constitutional Court that delayed the elections in response to a suit brought by independent lawmaker Milos Melcak [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania claiming that the US Secret Service, the City of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are acting illegally by failing to issue protest permits for the Group of 20 (G-20) [...]
