A Sudanese civil society group filed a lawsuit Sunday challenging the actions of the commission handling the January 9 self-determination referendum in southern Sudan. The challenge, filed with the Sudanese Constitutional Court, alleges that the commission violated the procedures...
The First Municipal Court in Belgrade on Friday acquitted 10 men suspected of helping former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic evade arrest. Mladic is one of two high-level targets...
Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize in absentia Friday in Oslo, Norway. The prize was laid in an empty chair following the ceremony. It would normally be...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday criticized actions by governments and corporations to cut off funding to WikiLeaks , saying it could violate the website's rights to free expression. The...
The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry on Thursday defended its handling of the extradition of former interior minister Carlos Vielmann. A Spanish judge ordered Vielmann's release Tuesday after Guatemalan authorities failed...
The Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Sunday disqualified 21 candidates who had participated in September's parliamentary elections for electoral fraud. The ECC disqualified the candidates after finding widespread irregularities in the...
The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday stayed proceedings against a soldier charged in the death of an Afghan civilian in January. The stay was granted in the case of Private First Class Andrew Holmes...
Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil was released on Monday following four years of imprisonment on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife on his blog . Nabil, a former law student, was convicted in...
Arizona voters approved Proposition 203 , authorizing the possession of up to two-and-a-half ounces of medical marijuana , according to results released by the Arizona Secretary of State Saturday. The measure, voted on during the midterm...
Amnesty International (AI) on Saturday praised the release of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , but urged the Myanmar government to release all political prisoners still held. AI described...
