The Israel High Court of Justice on Sunday decided to strike down a deal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made last December to initiate development of an offshore natural gas field. The natural gas field at issue is titled Leviathan, and the development would have substantially increased Israel’s ability to become a large exporter of [...]
The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday threw out a petition introduced by secular activists that sought the removal of Islam as the state religion. Before the case began, a three-judge panel rejected the petition and did not entertain any testimony in relation to the claims brought by the activists. The petition at issue was created [...]
The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday found two ministers guilty of contempt after they had publicly criticized the chief justice of the court. The two ministers, Food Affairs Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq,had criticized Chief Justice Sk Sinha earlier this month, making derogatory comments and demanding he remove himself [...]
A man shot by police in Brussels on Friday was charged on Saturday with membership of a terror group after being connected to a raid in France that thwarted a possible terrorist attack. The man, A. Abderrahmane, was shot and arrested at a tram stop in the district of Schaerbeek in Brussels, and was then [...]
Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday reintroduced a bill that would allow for execution by firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection. Attorney General Jim Hood stated earlier this year that he planned on pursuing alternatives to lethal injection for the death penalty in the state. He stated in earlier March that he supports the bill’s [...]
The UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Thursday arrested a French journalist on an outstanding warrant from November 2011 for contempt. French journalist Florence Hartmann , in her book Paix et châtiment, revealed that the tribunal was withholding information on Serbia’s involvement with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. She was originally fined €7,000, but the [...]
The League of United Latin American Citizens and Congressman Marc Veasy , along with other plaintiffs, filed an application with the US Supreme Court on Friday, asking the court to vacate a stay that allowed a Texas voter ID law to remain in place in 2014. According to the application, the US Court of Appeals [...]
Idaho Governor CL “Butch” Otter signed Senate Bill 1389 on Friday, making it legal throughout the state for Idaho residents over 21 years of age to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Previously, it was legal for anyone over 18 to carry a concealed firearm without a permit only when outside city limits . [...]
The Syria Accountability Project (SAP) of Syracuse University College of Law on Thursday released a report detailing statistics of extensive rape that has occurred throughout the civil war in Syria over the past six years. The report, which was compiled using international legal standards and will be distributed to the UN and other international legal [...]
Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill into law that will cut off state funding to clinics providing abortions as well as impose more restrictions on abortions in the state. The law, which has been publicly criticized by Planned Parenthood , bans state funding for services at clinics that provide abortions, on top [...]
