The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday granted prosecutors' warrant petition for the arrest of a former leader of the Islamist group Jamaat e Islami (JI) for crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War...
Solitary confinement conditions in Arizona's maximum security prisons violate international human rights law, according to a report published Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report describes isolation conditions in maximum security prisons run by the Arizona...
A Mali leader announced on Sunday that he would reinstate the country's 1992 Constitution and create a transitional government to hold elections. Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, who led Malian soldiers in a military coup [JURIST...
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Palestinian family's appeal claiming ownership of a historic property in Jerusalem. The Husseini family claimed that they are the rightful heirs and owners of land that was once the...
The number of worldwide executions increased from 2010 to 2011 , while the number of recorded death sentences decreased, according to an annual death penalty report published Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) ....
The Tokyo District Court has ordered Google Inc. to remove certain search terms that a Japanese man has claimed violate his privacy. The plaintiff, whose name has not been released, petitioned the Tokyo...
Slovenians voted in a national referendum on Sunday against amendments to the country's family law that would have increased the rights granted to same-sex couples. The proposed Family Code passed the Slovenian Parliament [official website,...
Retired Turkish General Ilker Basbug appeared in an Istanbul court on Monday for the beginning of his trial on terrorism charges. The hearing before the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court occurred in a courtroom at...
Military forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) committed human rights violations during last year's presidential elections, according to a report published Tuesday by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), consisting of the UN...
A Madagascar court on Monday began the trial of a former International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge accused of planning an attempted coup in the country. Raymond Ranjeva, who served as an ICJ judge from 1991 to...
