Law & Society

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.