The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni were found guilty...
A Hungarian court on Thursday acquitted 15 employees of the Mal Corp for their role in the toxic red sludge spill that killed 10 people in 2010 after a reservoir burst. The spill, which was...
Amnesty International (AI) called on the government of Myanmar Thursday to either repeal or amend a law that could grant former presidents immunity from prosecution for human rights violations and crimes under international law. The outgoing Myanmar...
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the creation of political peace mission in Colombia to monitor the disarmament between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC)....
Danish lawmakers on Tuesday approved a controversial bill that will allow Danish authorities to seize assets from immigrants seeking asylum in order to cover their expenses. Under the law, police will be allowed...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday opened the confirmation of charges hearing against accused Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen . This is the first major hearing for a leader of the LRA, and...
According to a 300-page judicial report released Thursday, the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was "probably approved" by President Vladmir Putin . In his report, Sir Richard Owen noted that Litvinenko's crossings with...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the cases of Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods and Heffernan v. City of Paterson . In Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods the Court will examine...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in four new cases for this term. In US v. Texas the Court has been asked to decide whether at least one respondent has standing to...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday certified class action status in a lawsuit alleging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) specifically targeted conservative tea party groups. Judge Susan Dlott...
