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Aid Group Ordered to Stop Work in Myanmar State
March 8, 2014

International Medical NGO, Doctors without Borders, who have been giving medical treatment to thousands of suffering patients in the South East Asian nation of Myanmar, has been asked to stop their medical services in Rakhine State. The ruling Junta in Myanmar has banned the NGO from providing medical treatment in the country. The ruling Myanmar regime had taken this decision as they feel that the NGO had been biased to the Minority community. Doctors without Borders have been providing treatment...


New Jersey – Is Now So Corrupt
February 23, 2014

No state can be called totally corruption-free. When you study long and hard, the history of every nation and also their current political scenario, you will not come across any nation that is totally smudge-free. So is the case with the United States too. Corruption, it seems is deep-rooted in our system and no matter how comfortable we are, we seem to want more and more. Sometimes, you might indulge in corrupt activities to improve your financial status in society or at times, you might resort...


Pakistan Court Sentences Man to Death for Blasphemy
January 31, 2014

A Pakistani Court has sentenced Mohammed Asghar, 65 years old, to death for blasphemy and convicting him for sending false letters claiming to be a prophet. Asghar was convicted by the court under the Section 295-C of the Pakistani Penal Code. He was given the maximum sentence after he confessed to the court that he had written false letters. Justice Pakistan Project argued that Asghar was mentally disturbed and had been receiving treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. But the court rejected the claim...


Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Contraception Law
January 31, 2014

Oklahoma state court judge has nullified the emergency contraception law passed by the Oklahoma state on January 23rd, 2014 terming it as unconstitutional. According to the law, women younger than 17 need to have a prescription and show a photo ID as proof in order to get the emergency contraceptive pills over the counter. This law was passed in May 2013 after the federal government passed a resolution allowing free access to contraceptive pills over the counter. Opponents of this state specific...


EU Gives Warning to Romania on Continued Corruption and Judicial Concerns
January 30, 2014

European Commission has released its semi-annual Cooperation and Verification Mechanism report on Wednesday. The report strictly criticizes Romania’s government for putting undue pressure on the judicial system. This finding has been arrived at after rising instance of corruption in Romania. When Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007, EU came out with the cooperation and verification mechanism to be followed by both the countries as part of overhauling their judicial system. This...


UN Rights Expert Calls for Myanmar Violence Probe
January 27, 2014

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Amos, called for an immediate investigation into violence that has killed civilians and a policeman in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. While the government of Myanmar has made positive changes, such as releasing prisoners of conscience last summer, lack of addressing sectarian tensions threatens reform. UN Special Rapporteur, Quintana, has warned of sectarian violence increasingly endangering Muslims...


Supreme Court Hears Child Pornography and Gun Purchasing Arguments
January 27, 2014

In a case, Doyle Paroline is convicted of having images of a child named "Amy" with an act of child molestation by her uncle. Paroline was not directly involved in the pornography. The two points of contention are simply how to assess a value financially for the victim of the crime, and whether Paroline should be assigned the full extent of damages or should that amount be divided by the total number of viewers of the child pornography. In the second case involving gun ownership, the highest court...


U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Federal Circuit in Patent Case
January 27, 2014

Putting the Supreme back in the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land has taken a federal circuit court ruling and flipped it like a coin in the opposite direction. The case is the Medtronic patent case, a case involving patents in the making of pacemakers. Mirowski Family Ventures LLC had sued and won in a federal circuit court that Medtronic had indeed infringed on its patents. However, the larger company, Medtronic, pushed the case up the chain of judgement. The Supreme Court took on the case...


Victory for Arrested Citizen Journalist
January 14, 2014

On January 10 2013, a number of activists gathered at the federal court in Oakland, California, as the court was about to pass a judgment regarding the sentencing of Jose Gutierrez. Jose was involved in a demonstration when he was arrested by the federal authorities at the medical marijuana dispensary. Gutierrez is a citizen journalist for the community radio station, KPFA’s Flashpoints. He was convicted of assaulting a federal officer during the raid and was facing an 8 year imprisonment. The judge...


Same-Sex Marriages in Utah Recognized by U.S.
January 14, 2014

A total of 1,300 couples tied the knot before the U.S. Supreme Court. Specialty about this marriage is that they were all same-sex couples. All these couples are belonging to the State of Utah. During the period of December 20, 2013 to January 6, 2014, same-sex marriage was allowed in the State of Utah. However, State of Utah government authorities did not allow the same-sex marriage to proceed further. The state government puts a ban on the same-sex marriages. However, a federal district court judge...