The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday rejected an emergency request for provisional measures from the Georgian Republic to stop the alleged killing and mass displacement of citizens in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia , instead calling on both Georgia and Russia to meet their obligations under the International Convention on [...]
Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin apologized Tuesday on behalf of the Turkish government for the death of Engin Ceber, an anti-government protester who died after alleged torture while in police custody on Saturday. Sahin also announced that 19 prison officials were suspending pending an investigation into Cerber's death. The Guardian quoted Sahin as saying [...]
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday rejected as unconstitutional a proposed peace agreement between the government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) . The Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the MILF and the government of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would have given the minority Muslim faction expanded autonomy [...]
The Chinese People's Court in Chamdo prefecture sentenced eight Tibetan monks to prison last month, including two to life sentences, according to Tibetan activist group Free Tibet Tuesday. The eight monks were arrested by Chinese authorities in April in connection with the March bombing of a government building. The bombing took place during widespread protests [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Pearson v. Callahan , 07-751, in which the Court will review a July 2007 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit allowing individuals to directly sue police officers who enter their home without a search warrant to conduct a [...]
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday joined an estimated 10,000 supporters as they began a 120-mile march from Caracollo to La Paz seeking congressional approval of a national referendum on proposed reforms to the country's constitution . Morales, who will not participate in the entire walk, said the demonstration was intended to persuade the Bolivian [...]
The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Tuesday agreed to consider dissolving the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) and two others because of election fraud allegedly committed by one of the PPP's top officers. Former PPP deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat was convicted of organizing a vote-buying scheme by the court in July, and under Thai law [...]
Four former Bosnian Serb officers have been arrested on suspicions of crimes against humanity in connection with the August 1992 massacre of 200 civilians in Koricanske Stijene, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia & Herzegovina said Tuesday. Milorad Skrbic, Milorad Radakovic, Gordan Duric, and Ljubisa Cetic were arrested on allegations that they, along with members of [...]
US President George W. Bush Monday signed into law a bill that will provide for additional intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement resources and stronger penalties for violators of those rights. The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 , allows for three times the assessed damages to be awarded against those who [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to hear a Georgia death row inmate's appeal, lifting a stay on his execution, while agreeing to hear a case dealing with supplemental jurisdiction. The court declined to grant certiorari in the case of Troy Anthony Davis , who was convicted of killing an off-duty police [...]
