Search Results for: 2006-04-21

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Associated Press on Friday that he is certain that fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will be arrested this year . Moreno-Ocampo pointed to...

JURIST Guest Columnist Derek Bambauer of Brooklyn Law School says that the increased censorship of journalists worldwide is a result of technological innovations, which facilitate dissemination of information, but heighten the perceived threat to governments fighting to maintain control...Journalists have...

Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed legislation Monday legalizing same-sex marriage , making Washington the eighth jurisdiction in the US to offer marriage to same-sex couples. Washington had previously granted expanded domestic partnership rights [JURIST...

Private Andrew Holmes, 21, pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering a teenage Afghan civilian that he knew was unarmed. Holmes is the second soldier to plead guilty of five who have been charged with murder as part...

The Liberian government must work to improve its generally poor prison conditions, according to an Amnesty International (AI) assessment released Wednesday. "Good Intentions Are Not Enough: The Struggle to Reform Liberia's Prisons" describes...

Following Mexican Attorney General Arturo Chavez's resignation in April, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) charged 111 officials who served under him with corruption on Thursday. Sixty-seven were charged ...

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a state law that requires voters to present one of six government-issued photo identifications in order to vote. The Democratic Party of Georgia brought the suit...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously Tuesday that California's Mount Soledad cross, a 43-foot cross erected as a Korean War veterans' memorial, is unconstitutional under the...

Federal judges responsible for handling Social Security disability claims and immigration hearings are petitioning for increased security measures after data released Monday shows they have been the targets of numerous threats . According to the report released...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called for an investigation into the deaths of 25 people during recent anti-government protests. The group stated that it would welcome a pledge by the Thai government to "investigate...