Thai courts' use of legal double standards encourages extralegal means by opposition
Awzar Thi : "At a meeting of lawyers and jurists in Hong Kong this week a participant from Thailand identified the key issue for her country's legal system as political control of the judiciary....
Thailand PM imposes state of emergency after protests disrupt summit
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday instituted a state of emergency in Bangkok and several provinces and cancelled an ongoing summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in the...
Thailand court orders protesters to open entrances to government building
A Thai court on Tuesday ordered demonstrators to allow limited access to Thailand's seat of government in response to a complaint filed by the Office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . The Bangkok Civil Court issued an injunction...
German court rules Nazi symbols can be used in protest against extremism
The German Federal Court of Justice on Thursday ruled Nazi symbols could be used to protest extremism, overturning an October decision by a state court in Stuttgart . The lower court had ordered Juergen Kamm,...
Germany court decision prompts call to amend law banning Nazi symbols
Germany should consider amending its penal code to allow the use of swastikas in anti-Nazi materials, Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said Monday. Zypries' remarks follow Friday's decision by a state court in...
National Guardsman to be court-martialed for murder of Iraqi police officer
A soldier from the Indiana National Guard will be court-martialed for the murder of an Iraqi police officer, the US Army said Friday. Corporal Dustin Berg is accused of killing Hussein Kamel Hadi Dawood Al-Dubeidi near Baghdad...
