South Africa Adopts Secrecy Law That Ma...
Published:Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:09:14 -0800
South Africa’s Parliament approved a law to protect state secrets that opposition parties, labor unions and media companies say will curb free speech and stifle efforts to expos......

Law protecting Afghan women has long wa...
Published:Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:20:50 -0800
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence and being sold into marriage and prostitution, t......

U.S. News Debates Law Schools over Addi...
Published:Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:01:25 -0800
I represented U.S. News at an early November 2011 meeting at St. Johns School of Law in New York that was titled Opening Doors: Making Diversity Matter in Law School Admissions.......

Analysis: Whistleblower-law passage sta...
Published:Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:10:13 -0800
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version......

Scant use of law protecting Afghan wome...
Published:Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:58:26 -0800
A landmark law aiming to protect Afghan womens rights by criminalising acts like child marriage and rape is only being used to prosecute a small number of cases, the United Nation......

South Africa Adopts Secrecy Law That May Stifle Graft Probes

Published:Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:09:14 -0800
South Africa’s Parliament approved a law to protect state secrets that opposition parties, labor unions and media companies say will curb free speech and stifle efforts to expose corruption....