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Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
The Brazil Supreme Court overturned racketeering convictions of several former leaders of the Workers Party on Thursday by a 6-5 vote, which will result in lessened prison sentences. The convictions of corruption and money-laundering in the natio (More) |
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UK court upholds Snowden journalist detention
A UK court on Wednesday rejected a challenge lodged by Brazilian journalist David Miranda, who was detained and questioned by UK authorities in an airport for possessing classified documents leaked by former US National Security Agency (NSA) contra (More) |
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UN urges Brazil to investigate prison violence
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His Excellency: How a Jailed Felon Remains in Brazil's Legislature
JURIST Guest Columnist Thiago Santos Limas discusses the recent controversy surrounding an elected official with a criminal conviction in Brazil... (More) |
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Croatia considers expanding rights for same-sex couples
Croatia's parliament proposed a bill on Thursday that would grant new rights to same-sex couples, such as the right to inherit property from each other and the right to represent each other as next of kin. The bill, known as the "life partnership" (More) |
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Croatia passes referendum to ban same sex marriage
Croatian voters passed a referendum on Sunday proposing to ban same-sex marriages by defining marriage in Croatia's constitution as a union between a man and a woman. The referendum came as a result of a petition circulated by a Catholic group whi (More) |
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Rights groups urge UN to adopt resolution against unlawful surveillance
Five human rights groups urged the UN General Assembly on Thursday to adopt a resolution protecting the right of privacy against unlawful surveillance. In a letter to the assembly, the groups, Amnesty International, Access, Electronic Frontier Foun (More) |
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Scotland same-sex marriage bill passes parliament's first vote
The Scottish Parliament completed the first step towards the passage of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill on Wednesday by a 98-15 vote in favor of the bill. Same-sex couples currently have the right to enter a civil partnerships in Scotlan (More) |
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Russia court grants bail to several Greenpeace activists
The Primorsky Court in St. Petersburg granted bail on Tuesday to seven Greenpeace International activists awaiting trial on charges of hooliganism . The activists, who may be released on bail , are from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Italy, New Zealand (More) |
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Croatia to hold referendum on same-sex marriage
Croatian lawmakers voted Friday to hold a referendum on December 1 on a same-sex marriage ban in the country. The referendum will decide whether the nation's constitution should define marriage as a "union between a woman and a man." The referendum (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
