The likely failure to meet the self-imposed deadline for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is due to several missteps by the Obama administration, according to a report released Tuesday by the...
Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have allowed domestic partners, including those in same-sex relationships, to claim the body of their partner and to make funeral arrangements. Neither domestic partnerships...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced former director of the Rwanda tea industry Michel Bagaragaza to eight years in prison on charges of complicity in genocide...
Researchers in Sarajevo on Tuesday unveiled a Google Earth tool mapping the sites of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian genocide . The Bosnian war crimes atlas was compiled by...
Maine voters approved a ballot initiative Tuesday that repealed a same-sex marriage bill passed by the state legislature last May. Question 1 , which read, "Do you want to reject the new law that lets...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by the Guinean military junta during the September 28 incidents at Conakry . Vietnamese Ambassador Le Luong Minh...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to ease restrictions on stem cell research . Nightlight...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated European human rights laws in shutting down four newspapers accused of publishing propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) . The daily...
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor called Wednesday for an independent Israeli investigation into the war crimes allegations detailed in the Goldstone report , which accuses Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas ...
