Justice And Rights News

8:09 AM EST
2/6/2012 In showdown with U.S., Egypt is sure of victoryEgypt’s generals are convinced it will be Washington that blinks first in the standoff over the fate of six American citizens being detained by Cairo authorities for their democratic and human rights activities.

Source:TML Topics:Politics, Diplomacy, Alliances, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Civil Rights, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Political Dissent

7:45 AM EST
1/30/2012 Rights groups urge release of Papuan activistsHuman rights groups have urged Indonesian authorities to drop treason charges against five activists in the easternmost province of Papua.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights

10:36 AM EST
1/26/2012 At Tahrir Square, joy turns to fear for womenWomen face assaults and groping as Egypt celebrates the revolution’s anniversary

Source:TML Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Politics

5:17 PM EST
1/23/2012 Supreme Court Limits Police Use of Global Positioning SatellitesThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that police must get a search warrant before they can use Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology to track the vehicles of criminal suspects.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Justice And Rights, Police, Investigation

10:47 AM EST
1/19/2012 TSA admits violating policies in searches of elderly womenThe Transportation Security Administration has admitted violating its own policies when it screened two elderly women late last year. In a letter to New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris, Betsy Markey, assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said it is against standard procedure to examine medical devices, and that agents had wrongly done so during screenings of the women.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Politics, Government, Government Departments, Lifestyle And Leisure, Travel And Commuting

2:31 PM EST
1/17/2012 Supreme Court lets stand ruling that bans prayer at school board meetingsThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals that sought to give government organizations more discretion on whether to open their meetings with prayers. Instead, the court decided to let a federal appeals court decision stand that said a North Carolina school board would violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by starting its meetings with prayers.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Religion And Belief, Church And State Relations, Laws, Civil

11:45 AM EST
1/17/2012 Rights group protests abductions, secret killings in BangladeshInternational rights groups are seeking answers from Bangladesh authorities for ongoing abductions, disappearances and secret killings. A report released last week expressed alarm at the increasing numbers of professionals, including lawyers, university students, small businessmen and pro-opposition political activists, being abducted by armed plainclothed men.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Police, Investigation, Politics, International Organization

12:52 PM EST
1/5/2012 Robert Lee Carter, civil rights lawyer who won school desegregation, dead at 94Robert Lee Carter, civil rights activist, lawyer and former federal judge who successfully argued the historic Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation case before the U.S. Supreme Court has died. He was 94.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, People, Accomplishment, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

2:40 PM EST
12/30/2011 Florida says drug-sniffing dogs in front of private homes do not invade privacyThe Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether a drug-sniffing dog that detects marijuana through the door of a house is violating the privacy of the homeowner.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Criminal, Justice And Rights, Tribunal

12:25 PM EST
12/27/2011 Syrian protesters in Homs claim attacks, killings as Arab League observers arriveResidents of Homs, Syria, accused security forces of attacking protesters on Tuesday as 50 Arab League observers start their fact-finding mission in the western city, where protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad that erupted in March continue.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Politics, Human Rights