Woman Banned From Parisian Pool for Wearing Burquini

A Muslim woman was prevented from going swimming at her local pool in Paris because of her burqini, a swimsuit that covers most of the body. Officials insisted on Wednesday that she was stopped to maintain  French pool hygiene standards, which include laws disallowing...

Internet Access "Basic Human Right": French Court Foils Sarkozy

The French Constitutional Council, France's highest court, has declared that internet access is a "basic human right", completely deflating a new law passed by French President Nicholas Sarkozy in April 2009. Sarkozy attempted to create the world's first internet police...

China: Politburo member and Beijing Olympic Chief Linked to Torture

" Liu [Qi] was promoted in 2002 to Beijing Communist Party secretary and given a seat on the country’s 25-member Politburo, China’s top decision-making body. Last May, Liu made Time magazine’s “Time 100,” a list of "100 men and women whose power, talent or moral...