Authorities in Ecuador on Tuesday announced, via Twitter , the issuance of an arrest warrant for former president Jamil Mahuad on the grounds that he allegedly misappropriated public funds during the late 1990s. Interior Minister Jose Serrano stated that a “red notice” had been issued by Interpol . Authorities sought a red notice against Mahuad [...]
Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of criminals, in which 55 individuals were sentenced before a crowd of 7,000 people. While three received death sentences for crimes including “violent terrorism,” other prisoners’ crimes ranged from separatism to participation in [...]
A Turkish court on Monday called for international arrest warrants for four former Israeli military chiefs involved in a deadly 2010 maritime raid . According to a lawyer working on the case, prosecutors are seeking life sentences for the commanders who they claim were responsible for Israeli commandos boarding the Mavi Marmara, part of a [...]
A judge in the southern Iranian province of Fars on Tuesday ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court regarding complaints that his company’s Instagram and Whatsapp applications have violated individuals’ privacy. The Iranian Students’ News Agency quoted Iranian Internet official Ruhollah Momen-Nasab in saying that, under the court ruling, the “Zionist” [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that US Secret Service agents are entitled to qualified immunity despite having treated a group of protesters differently based on their viewpoints. In 2004 while then-president George W. Bush was campaigning for re-election, groups of protesters and supporters rallied around the patio-area of the restaurant where the president was [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was justified in its decision to defer adopting new air quality standards for pollutants that contribute to acid rain . The lawsuit was brought against the EPA by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) , an [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Florida law permitting the death penalty for criminal defendants whose IQ is greater than 70 violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. The case, Hall v. Florida involved a defendant who was sentenced to death for killing a pregnant woman and a sheriff’s deputy in [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Plumhoff v. Rickard that police officers who fatally shot a driver to end a dangerous car chase did not violate the Fourth Amendment . The case was brought on appeal by six officers who claimed they were entitled to qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit filed by the [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community that tribal sovereign immunity bars a state from suing in federal court to enjoin a tribe from violating the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) outside of Indian lands. In this case the state of Michigan and the Little Traverse Bay Bands [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Comptroller v. Wynne to determine whether the US Constitution prohibits a state from taxing all the income of its residents—wherever earned—by mandating a credit for taxes paid on income earned in other states. Maryland allows such a credit against its state income tax but not against [...]
