Activists Charged in Burma
Irawaddy | Thirteen peace activists in Burma have been charged by police and could face jail time for leading marches to mark the UN’s International Peace Day without official permission. The protest leaders have been […]
Irawaddy | Thirteen peace activists in Burma have been charged by police and could face jail time for leading marches to mark the UN’s International Peace Day without official permission. The protest leaders have been […]
CNN | Justices of the Supreme Court may soon be announcing if they will hear a constitutional challenge to a federal law denying financial benefits to gay and lesbian couples. At issue is whether guarantees […]
The Washington Post | A Honduran rights lawyers was gunned down after going to a wedding. The lawyer had been receiving death threats as well as seeking protection from a powerful billionaire landowner. Antonio Trejo […]
Jerusalem Post | The women’s group Mavoi Satum called on couples to sign prenuptial agreements drawn up in accordance with Jewish law. These agreements are designed to prevent one of the partners from refusing to […]
AMA ASSN | The Montana Supreme Court ruled that state restrictions on medical marijuana access and sales do not violate patients’ rights to pursue health care under the state constitution. The decision overturns a lower […]
ABC News | An attorney in South Carolina who specialized in litigating high-profile criminal cases and civil cases faces a 10-count federal indictment for extortion and fraud, and a maximum of 20 years in prison […]
Lanka Business Online | Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) alleged that the current administration had transported people to a location near Sri Lanka’s parliament and state media had also carried programs critical of the judiciary after […]
Three prominent bloggers are being tried for spreading anti-government propaganda in Vietnam. Lawyer Ha Huy Son said the three were put on trial by the People’s Court in southern Ho Chi Ming City on Monday. […]
Toronto Star | The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld an appeal by Vancouver’s downtown eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, an association of current and former prostitutes who want to decriminalize prostitution. […]
By Jennifer L. Patin 2012 has already seen multiple raids on the areas of Bangkok where the majority of the city’s African population congregates. These locales include Sukhimvit Road’s Nana area (specifically Soi 3 and […]
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