Russia's Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, gave final approval Monday to amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms for...
Italian Judge Oscar Magi on Wednesday suspended the in absentia trial of 26 Americans , most of them suspected of working for the CIA, and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition [JURIST...
Moscow Military District Court judge Yevgeny Zubov on Thursday ordered that the trial of three men accused of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya be closed to the public to hear classified evidence, limiting...
Media reports that Clinton-era Deputy US Attorney General Eric Holder has been selected for nomination to the position of US Attorney General by President-elect Barack Obama prompted the the Republican National Committee (RNC) ...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a government motion asking a federal judge to review the procedure for handling appeals by detainees being held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay...
Authors of a new report on detainees released from US detention in Guantanamo Bay are urging US president-elect Barack Obama to form an independent, nonpartisan commission...
Crime victims gained a higher profile in Californias criminal justice system on Tuesday with voter approval of Proposition 9 , also known as the Victims Rights Protection Act of 2008. The only winner among three criminal justice initiatives,...
An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide in Darfur could derail the peace process in Sudan according to a statement by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet on Wednesday....
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced nine activists to six months in prison after they complained that their trials were being held in secret, according to a statement by one of their...
The Constitutional Court of South Korea upheld a law criminalizing adultery on Thursday, rejecting complaints that the 55-year-old law is outdated and constitutes an invasion of privacy. The challenge was brought by the lawyers of popular South...
