The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention told lawyers of Nestora Salgado that her arrest in Mexico was arbitrary. She was arrested in 2013 and is still detained after setting up a community police force.
Robert Durst was proven guilty for illegally carrying a gun, resulting to a possible 85-month imprisonment. However, US District Judge Kurt Engelhardt is yet to make a final decision as he awaits the pre-sentencing report.
On Thursday, Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday reacted swiftly to President Barack Obama's call for a new, $10 per barrel tax on oil. The party promised to kill what they called an "absurd" idea.