France has officially opened a criminal torture investigation into the actions of the Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad , officials confirmed Wednesday. The investigation is based on tens of thousands of photos allegedly documenting torture...
Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority on Thursday submitted a report to the International Criminal Court detailing the crimes committed against their community by militants of the Islamic State (IS) and urged the...
The Massachusetts state Senate unanimously passed a resolution Thursday to repeal a law requiring a driver's license suspension of at least six months for anyone convicted of a drug crime. The law required the driver's...
In his first interview since being released from prison to house arrest in August 2014, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng told the Associated Press that he was subject to torture. Zhisheng revealed that while he was...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered the release of Sudanese funds held by New York banks to satisfy a $315 million default judgment in the USS Cole case. The...
The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil on Thursday banned corporate entities from providing funding to political candidates in the future. The court found that the large role corporations played in campaign funding was...
Moroccan born Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, who spent 13 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison, was released Thursday as part of the Obama Administration's effort to wind down and eventually close the detention center. The US...
The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a fine Thursday against Italy in the amount of €30 million for failing to recover millions of euros that were improperly granted to hundreds of...
The new Constitution of Nepal was approved by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on Wednesday after years of debate. The original 2010 completion date was repeatedly delayed due to international and...
The Lyon Appeals Court in France upheld a 2012 ruling on Thursday in which the agricultural company Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of French farmer Paul Francois. Francois said he suffered various neurological problems...
