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POPSWorld Court rules US execution broke global law The Court went on to stress that the U.S. government remains under an obligation to assure Mexican nationals on state death rows in the U.S. that they are entitled to a new review of the denial of their Vienna Convention rights.
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POPSProposed Law in Kenya to Reduce Freedom These are some of the raft of measures targeting the public, which are likely to intensify criticism of the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008. Already, it has received heavy opposition from the media industry, which argues the Bill would give the Government powers to raid media houses and disable broadcasting equipment.
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POPSUN vehicle seized in Darfur The driver was robbed of his personal possessions, his UN identity card and a hand-held radio. UNAMID reported the incident to the Government of Sudan police and National Intelligence for Safety and Security. The peacekeeping mission in Darfur is working with Sudanese police forces to try to improve their respect for human rights and their ability to enforce the law. UNAMID police in West Darfur are currently preparing to conduct a training course designed for Sudanese Movement Police. The Sudanese forces will be trained in law enforcement, human rights, community policing, child protection and protection of women. The course will be held from November 9 to November 27 and is expected to be attended by 90 local police officers.
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POPSKyrgyzstan moves to supress religious freedom Asked if the law targeted Christian or Muslim groups, Murzahalilov, the SARA officials, insisted that organizations that encouraged people to change their faith "damage society." "Religion is a very delicate thing and the fact that they are insistently trying to spread their faith is a violation of basic human rights," Murzahalilov said. Murzahalilov characterized existing legislation as "too liberal," adding that it didn’t "meet the requirements of reality." Specifically, the current legal framework didn’t account for the presence of evangelical Christians in Kyrgyzstan. "The Kyrgyz people are very tolerant and have been this way for centuries, but this obsessive work of Christian and, sometimes, Islamic groups ... could lead to unpleasant consequences," the SARA official stated
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POPSOn Russia suing Bank of NY under US RICO law Then there was the role being played by Miami injury lawyer Steven Marks, who openly pitched the lawsuit to the Russian government; while he's hardly the first stateside lawyer to sell the idea of litigation against U.S. companies to foreign sovereigns, that trend in itself is one that deserves closer attention.
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POPSUN asks ICJ to rule on Kosovo independence
Speaking on behalf of the United States, which was among the first to recognize Kosovo's independence, representative Rosemary DiCarlo called the resolution "unnecessary and unhelpful". Vuk Jeremic ©AFP/File - Dieter Nagl "Kosovo's independence is irreversible," she told the General Assembly. "We are confident that recognition of Kosovo's independence by an ever-increasing number of states is consistent with international law." She added: "We do not think it appropriate or fair to the court to ask it to opine on what is essentially a matter that is reserved to the judgment of member states." Serbia, which aspires to join the European Union, still considers Kosovo one of its provinces, and Russia -- a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council -- has strongly backed Belgrade in the dispute. A Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it could take the ICJ up to two years to render its non-binding opinion on the legality of Kosovo's independence. Ethnic
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POPSCenturies old code survives in remote Albanian village The code covers everything from inheritances and the rights of the church to the treatment of livestock. In Theth, nobody will sell land to an outsider, or even to another villager. Brides must come from outside the valley, a tradition that follows along the lines of the Kanun's rule that marriage within the same clan is forbidden. "The Kanun is the law. Just like the state law," explains Gjovalin Lokthi, 39, a gruff "kryeplak," or elected chief of the village.
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POPSSanteria followers fight for religious freedom Pichardo thought Santeria needed to be more organized to enjoy its full legal rights. He put those rights to the test in the late 1980s, when he tried to open a worship hall in Hialeah. Many of his fellow Cuban-Americans howled in protest. Some said it was Satanic or anti-Christian. They also protested the slaying of animals on the property, and in 1987, the city council passed a law banning "public ritualistic animal sacrifices." The church argued that its constitutional religious rights had been violated, and six years later, the law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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POPSJapan seeks to withdraw military from Iraq Japan's foreign minister, Masahiko Komura, said even if the airlift mission left Iraq, Japan would continue to support Iraq in nonmilitary ways. However, he was not specific. "Even if we withdraw the Air Self-Defense personnel, our resolve to support Iraq will not change," he said.
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POPSNigerian man to divorce 82 of his wives "All my wives are with children and some of these are people I have married and stayed with for over 30 years. How can they expect me to leave them within two days?" he reportedly told local newspapers.
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POPSBanned(in US) WW1Socialist anti-draft pamphlet This is a portion of an anti-draft pamphlet that was put out by the Socail Democratic (Socialist) Party during World War 1. This led to a Supreme Court ruling (US vs Schenk) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/schenk.html While we do not have a draft now, I find the portions clipped to be quite relevant to today.
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POPSWhy you should NEVER talk to the police Law professor explains the importance of NEVER talking to the police. Don't believe it? Please check it out. While a long video it is well worth watching. And be sure to watch "rebuttal" of sorts by police officer. (To right of clip.)
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