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Brazil court orders YouTube to remove anti-Islam film from site
A Brazilian state court on Wednesday gave YouTube 10 days to remove from its website a film deemed offensive to Muslims. The court order follows a recent lawsuit brought by Muslim group National Islamic Union against Youtube's parent company Google (More) |
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Mali Islamist groups recruiting child soldiers: HRW
Three armed Islamist groups in northern Mali are abusing the local population and employing child soldiers , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. According to interviews that HRW conducted over the past several weeks, three rebel groups, Ansa (More) |
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UN officials present document committing to rule of law
The United Nations held the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law Monday and released the outcome document prepared by the meeting. The meeting was attended by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, t (More) |
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Restoring Rehabilitation to the American Juvenile Justice System
JURIST Guest Columnist Perry Moriearty of the University of Minnesota Law School says that the Supreme Court's recent decision in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs marks an important step toward restoring principles of rehabilitation to the juve (More) |
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Vietnam court jails bloggers for anti-state propaganda
A court in Vietnam ordered three bloggers jailed for anti-state propaganda on Monday. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan were charged in April in the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on char (More) |
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado ballot identification process
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an elections transparency group aiming to prevent Colorado counties from using election ballots that have identifying numbers or bar codes printe (More) |
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Afghanistan bans newspapers from Pakistan due to propaganda concerns
The Afghan Interior Ministry on Saturday ordered a ban on all Pakistani newspapers from entering Afghanistan because, they claim, the papers are a source of propaganda on the part of the Taliban. The papers are to be barred from entry at the popul (More) |
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Mexico reviewing Alabama immigration law under international labor treaty
The Mexican government announced Thursday that it is reviewing a complaint by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that Alabama's immigration law violates the North American Fair Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the North American Agreeme (More) |
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UN concerned over enforced disappearences in Pakistan
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Thursday welcomed Pakistan's "declared will" to address the issue of enforced disappearances in the country but concluded that "serious challenges remain" . Specifically, the Worki (More) |
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California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
A judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order to remove a controversial anti-Islam film on YouTube that has sparked violent protests throughout the Muslim world. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia (More) |
Bank of England granted political independence
On May 6, 1997, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced that the Bank of England would be granted political independence for the first time in the three-hundred year history of the Bank. This policy was statutized in the subsequent Bank of England Act of 1998 gave the Bank independent control of British monetary policy effective June 1, 1998.
Learn more about the Bank of England Act of 1998 from the Treasury of the United Kingdom.
