FRENCH COURT: ID CHECKS ON MINORITIES DEEMED LEGAL
By ELAINE GANLEY CORRECTING LEFT AND RIGHT – Lawyers acting for the plaintiff, Slim ben Achour, left, and Felix de Belloy talk during a press conferene in Paris, Wednesday, Oct.…
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VIETNAM DISSIDENT SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN JAIL
By CHRIS BRUMMITT A U.S-trained lawyer and well-known dissident Le Quoc Quan, right, listens to the judge during his trial in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday Oct. 2, 2013. The Hanoi…
CHINESE POLITICIAN BO XILAI GETS LIFE SENTENCE
By DIDI TANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, fallen politician Bo Xilai, center, is handcuffed and held by police officers as he…
BANGLADESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS WAR CRIMES VERDICT
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans during a rally against a strike called by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Jamaat-e-Islami…
EGYPT COURT UPHOLDS FREEZE OF ISLAMISTS’ ASSETS
against ousted President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood as she expresses her support for Mubarak at a court in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. The ousted long-time autocrat…
TEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING BABY GETS LIFE IN PRISON
By RUSS BYNUM De’Marquise Elkins, center, stands with his lawyers, public defender Kevin Gough and assistant public defender Elizabeth Ashley Wood, as he is sentenced, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 in…
EGYPT EXTENDS EMERGENCY LAWS
An Egyptian soldier stands guard next to an armored personnel carrier in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The Egyptian Amy has maintained a presence on the streets since the…
GOVT TO DECLASSIFY SOME SECRET COURT OPINIONS
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June…