The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Monday in Green v. Brennan that the 45-day limitations period for filing a constructive-discharge claim begins running only after an employee resigns. The court was asked to determine whether, under federal employment discrimination law, the filing period for a constructive discharge claim begins to run when an employee resigns, [...]
A Baltimore judge on Monday acquitted police officer Edward Nero on all counts for his role in the death of Freddie Gray. The verdict followed a five-day bench trial in which Nero faced charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams found that there was [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Georgia death row inmate who claimed racial bias in the jury selection process. In Foster v. Chatman the court held that the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision that petitioner Timothy Foster failed to show purposeful discrimination was clearly erroneous. The case involves a black defendant and [...]
The Greek Parliament on Sunday approved the latest round of austerity measures necessary to secure European bailout funds. The measures, approved by 153 of parliament’s 300 members, include raising sales tax and creating a state privatization fund. The vote comes just days before a eurozone meeting expected to approve the next round of bailout funds [...]
Voters in Tajikistan on Sunday approved changes to the country’s constitution that will allow President Emomali Rahmon to rule indefinitely, officials said Monday. Voters approved amendments to remove presidential term limits, lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 35 to 30 and ban religiously based political parties. The first provision allows Rakhmon, 63, to [...]
US Secretary of State John Kerry offered support to Myanmar’s newly democratic government Sunday and urged the country to push more democratic reform and address human rights issues. Though Myanmar is no longer under military rule, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has stated that the military will continue to hold seats in parliament until the [...]
A Canadian federal judge on Saturday ruled in favor of deporting a Gatineau man to Rwanda to face trial for suspected war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Henri Jean-Claude Seyoboka, a former soldier who joined the fight against the Rwandan Patriotic Front, came to Canada in 1995 seeking refugee status yet failed [...]
Singapore police officials on Friday announced the hanging death of Jabing Kho, hours after the High Court of Singapore denied his final appeal for clemency. Jabing was sentenced to death in 2010 for his part in the murder of a construction worker he assaulted with a piece of wood. He had exhausted multiple appeals and [...]
US President Barack Obama signed a bill into law Friday that would remove terms such as “Negro” and “Oriental” from federal law in an effort to modernize racial language. The bill seeks not only to replace these terms with African-American and Asian-American, but to also redefine minorities in legislation. Minorities were previously defined as “Negro, [...]
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey on Friday advanced an amendment to the constitution to strip members of parliament of their immunity privileges. The assembly voted on the measure with some 376 out of 550 members approving the constitutional amendment, preventing the need for a referendum on the issue. The move, backed by the president’s [...]
