Former Galleon Group hedge fund executive Raj Rajaratnam on Monday began serving his prison sentence at a Massachusetts military base. A judge in October sentenced Rajaratnam to 11 years in prison, fined him $10...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday blocked a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup Inc over the sale of toxic mortgage debt. The US Securities...
President of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Judge David Baragwanath on Monday issued a statement defending his program following a visit to Lebanon. Tribunal Vice President Judge Ralph Riachi...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a group of independent human rights experts on Monday called on Egyptian authorities to guarantee the protection of human rights and civil liberties during the country's most recent incidents of civilian-police clashes...
A five-soldier jury on Friday convicted Army Staff Sgt. David Bram, 27, for a list of charges stemming from his attempt to cover up drug use in his platoon and also to kill Afghan civilians. Bram was sentenced to...
The Brazilian government on Monday granted citizenship for the first time to a foreigner based on his same-sex marriage . Spaniard Antonio Vega Herrera will become a Brazilian citizen due to his marriage with his Brazilian partner,...
The Scottish Human Rights Commission on Monday condemned plans for a UK Bill of Rights . The Bill of Rights would replace the UK Human Rights Act , but Commission leader...
The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday ruled that Ieng Sary , former deputy foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge regime is not protected from genocide...
A Georgia law intended to combat assisted suicide actually infringes on First Amendment rights, defense lawyers argued to the Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday. The law makes it a felony...
The Egypt activist group No Military Trials for for Civilians on Sunday condemned the arrest and imprisonment of Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd el Fattah by the Supreme Council of...
