Many in Georgia feel the government is taking the country back into the Kremlin’s orbit. As the protest movement nears its ...

Two years ago, two days of protests were enough to force Georgia’s government ... other ill-treatment at the hands of law enforcement, according to Amnesty International. The police’s presence ...

including the amended personal status law and a general amnesty law. Both are said to have a significant effect on parts of the Iraqi population, women and girls, and minority communities once ...

Senior Shi'ite lawmaker says those who attacked US are "heroes" Sunni lawmaker estimates 30,000 Sunnis could have retrials Government says law needed to reduce prison overcrowding BAGHDAD, Jan 23 ...

Iraqi Amnesty Law Could Free Prisoners Convicted of Attacking US Troops By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament has passed an amnesty law that could lead to the release of ...

Azzam al-Hamadani added that the general amnesty law should apply to these prisoners, whom he alleged were in the “thousands.” The Iraqi justice ministry spokesperson Ahmed Laibi told Rudaw on ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament. The measures — each ...

the amended personal status law, a general amnesty law, and the repeal of Ba'athist decisions on Kurdish land in disputed areas. Kurdish lawmakers, under political pressure, voted for the package ...

They also include a general amnesty law that opponents say allows the release of people involved in public corruption and embezzlement as well as militants who committed war crimes. The third bill ...

The parliament said on its website that it had adopted “the proposal to amend the Personal Status Law,” as well as “the second amendment of the general amnesty law.” The amendment to the ...

Georgia public schools would have until July 1 to hang posters displaying the Ten Commandments in three different places on each campus, if lawmakers approve a bill filed ...