UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw Tuesday held emergency meetings with members of Parliament to discuss possible legislation that would expressly allow anonymous witnesses to testify at some trials. The recently adopted judicial practice was challenged last week by...
US Ambassador to Albania John L. Withers colluded with Albanian officials to hide evidence of an illegal ammunition selling plan from New York Times reporters, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Henry Waxman (D-CA) alleged...
More than 560 inmates in Kosovo's Dubrava Prison began a hunger strike Sunday to protest poor conditions at the prison and to pressure the government to pass an anticipated amnesty law. The inmates have demanded...
The UK House of Commons and the House of Lords Monday approved a draft order to remove the opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from the country's list of prohibited...
Special national security courts to try terrorism suspects are "unnecessary" and "dangerous to traditional constitutional protections," according to a report issued Monday by the Constitution Project . The report was endorsed by a...
The head executives of oil companies should be tried for crimes against humanity and nature for misleading the public about the impact of oil on global warming , according to a NASA climatologist who testified...
A division of the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance revoked the license of Iranian daily newspaper Tehran Emrouz Saturday for printing articles that criticized the policies of Iranian President...
European nations are among the worst violators of refugee rights because of the countries' strict border policies and their treatment of refugee seekers, according to a report released by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants...
The UN Security Council Thursday condemned the use of sexual violence against civilians as a war tactic, saying that it can be "a war crime, a crime against humanity, or a constitutive...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Wednesday criticized the government of Myanmar for its continued human rights abuses and refusal to cooperate with humanitarian groups. The resolution calls on the Myanmar government to free...
