Search Results for: 2008-02-04

The Russian Supreme Court on Monday upheld its ruling ordering the disbanding of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In denying an appeal by the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Supreme Court affirmed that their previous ruling will remain...

Dutch timber trader Guus Kouwenhoven was sentenced to 19 years in prison by an appellate court in Den Bosch on Friday after he was found guilty of smuggling weapons into Liberia during that country's civil...

The Russia Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Russian government's request to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. The court ruled that the group is an "extremist organization" and outlawed their activities in...

Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested Wednesday on treason charges for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade. Police raided Hichilema's house and questioned him after he blocked the president's motorcade on Saturday. Hichilema has been...

JURIST Guest Columnist William W. Berry III of the University of Mississippi School of Law discusses the constitutional questions and unclear future of the death penalty ... The State of Mississippi legislature has recently passed a bill to amend...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed an amicus curiae brief urging the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to find the for-cause only removal provision of the Dodd Frank...

According to an Amnesty International report (AI) on Friday, "the ongoing political persecution of Anwar Ibrahim is symbolic of Malaysia's crackdown on human rights." According to Josef Benedict, AI's Deputy Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Anwar...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the federal government, which took control of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) ,...

Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh on Monday handed down a seven-year sentence to a Saudi citizen as well as numerous other punitive measures for a Twitter post the court deemed insulting to...

Western Union Co. on Thursday agreed to pay $586 million after admitting to turning a blind eye to criminals who used their service for fraud and money laundering. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official...