A court in Kazakhstan on Monday upheld the conviction of an outspoken opposition leader accused of inciting dissent in an attempt to overthrow the country's government. Vladimir Kozlov , head of the unofficial...
The government of Myanmar on Monday began releasing a number of political prisoners at the same time US President Barack Obama arrived for a historic visit to the former dictatorship. Specifically, 66 prisoners were...
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that British Petroleum (BP) has agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties and to plead guilty to felony misconduct for its...
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday elected 18 countries , including the US, to a three-year term on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning January 1. The secret ballot election was held at...
Italian prosecutors on Monday filed suit against five former employees of Standard and Poor's (S&P) and two former employees of Fitch for allegedly manipulating the market and abusing privileged information that led to the rating agencies' downgrades...
Malawi's government on Thursday changed its position on a decision to suspend it laws barring same-sex marriage and homosexuality after being pressured by a number of churches within the strongly Christian country. Despite announcing a moratorium that...
A jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday ordered Apple to pay $368.2 million to a technology licensing company for infringing four patents related to private-network technology. In...
The military hearing for a US Army sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in March began on Monday and is expected to last the remainder of the week. Sgt. Robert Bales was originally charged with 17 counts of...
Amnesty International (AI) and several other international human rights groups on Monday urged South Sudan to join the majority of UN members that have abolished the death penalty . In particular, the groups...
The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on Thursday sentenced former Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashemi to death for the second time after he was convicted for his involvement in a plot to assassinate...
