Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, the eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was taken into custody by Chilean authorities Saturday when she flew in from Buenos Aires to face charges of tax evasion. Met...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Saturday that Iran will likely have to face the UN Security Council unless it resumes compliance with nuclear non-proliferation requirements. Straw would not confirm...
US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch , said Saturday that interference by Iraqi political groups may compromise the independence of the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ...
The effort by Democratic Senators John Kerry (D-MA) , Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and others to attempt a last-minute filibuster blocking the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito [JURIST news...
The Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and People's Rights , an NGO based in South Africa, on Saturday criticized the process of nominating judges to the African Court on Human and Peoples'...
Defense lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney indicted last October in the CIA leak case , said Friday they plan to subpoena journalists and news...
In anticipation of US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings next month, Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a proposed Senate resolution Friday, criticizing the...
US Bankruptcy Judge Eugene Wedoff from the Northern District of Illinois signed off on the United Airlines reorganization plan Friday, in a move that will allow the airline to emerge from...
Swiss Senator Dick Marty , who has been investigating allegations of illegal renditions and secret detention centers in Europe sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , said Friday that he...
The Tashkent City Court in Uzbekistan has ordered Washington DC-based pro-democracy group Freedom House to suspend its activities there for the next six months. The government alleges that the...
