The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the federal ban against selling guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate Second Amendment rights. The court rejected the legal challenge from Nevada by a vote of 3-0 upon a finding that medical marijuana is still prohibited by federal law and [...]
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office on Wednesday following a 61-81 Senate vote in favor of impeachment. The impeachment trial lasted five days, including an overnight debate. While Rousseff was impeached, the Senate decided to allow her to run for public office in the future. Shortly after the decision, Rousseff took to Twitter [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a motion to reinstate North Carolina’s recently overturned law that limited early voting to 10 days and required voters to present approved identification cards. Last month the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down portions of the law upon finding discriminatory intent primarily concerning black [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused Wednesday to halt the military trial of the suspect charged with orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 US Navy sailors . Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri was captured in 2002 and has been held in secret prisons and [...]
A group of UN experts on Wednesdayurged authorities in Sudan to drop death penalty charges against six members of the Khartoum Center for Training and Human Development (TRACKS). The members were arrested a few months ago for criminal conspiracy, undermining the constitutional system, waging war against the state, espionage and terrorism. They have not yet [...]
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that the country has requested that Britain take action against a former party leader who delivered a speech last week that ignited rioting in Karachi. Pakistan’s Interior Ministry sent a report on Altaf Hussain to British authorities on Tuesday, alleging that the self-exiled party leader had incited violence and disturbed [...]
A federal judge in Kansas dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday by a convicted killer who accused a county jail and its administrators of violating his religious rights. Inmate Eddie Gordon Sr. stated in 2014 in his handwritten lawsuit that he wasn’t fed for 28 hours during Ramadan. Gordon also stated that on numerous occasions he [...]
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released a statement Tuesday that women with disabilities face discrimination and are often excluded from freely participating in society. The statement, aimed at member states that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , urged empowerment for women with disabilities, so [...]
Three German organizations, Campact, foodwatch and Mehr Demokratie submitted a complaint against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agrement (CETA) Wednesday to the Federal Constitutional Court . With more than 125,000 signatures, the activists claim the complaint to be the largest public suit in the nation’s history. CETA is designed to eliminate tariffs and foster investments. [...]
The Egyptian Parliament on Tuesday passed a new law regulating church building, purportedly to support the nation’s Christian minority. Church building has long been contentious in Egypt, where only a tenth of the nation’s population of 90 million practices Christianity. Hardliners in the majority Muslim country traditionally oppose church building as a threat to what [...]
