WASHINGTON – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Tuesday to punish those responsible for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, calling the incident “unforgivable.” In a televised speech, Rouhani called for a special court to be set up, and said, “the whole world will be watching.” Also Tuesday, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said […]
Officials say U.S. personnel who were involved in the devastating, half-hour aerial attack on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan have been or will be punished. Colonel Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for U.S.-Central Command said “those individuals most closely associated with the incident have been suspended from their duties and were referred for administrative […]
WASHINGTON—Dozens of governments around the world, most notably in majority-Muslim nations, are turning to anti-blasphemy laws to aggressively punish alleged transgressions, especially against Islam. And while in the past blasphemy charges were most often brought against people for something they said in public, these days governments are turning their attention to what people say and […]
We’re more likely to punish wrongdoing as a third party to a non-violent offense than when we’re victimized by it, according to a new study by New York University psychology researchers. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Communications, may offer insights into how juries differ from plaintiffs in seeking to restore justice. Their […]