The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) affirmed most convictions of two accused war criminals Thursday but slightly reduced their respective sentences. Emmanuel Rukundo , a priest convicted of genocide, had...
Italian prosecutors on Friday launched a tax inquiry against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax declarations he made in 2003 and 2004 relating to the commercial broadcast company Mediaset , which...
Rwandan police on Thursday arrested opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza , accusing her of being involved in the formation of a terrorist organization. Ingabire was implicated, authorities say, during investigations into the activities...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Friday that proceedings can continue against accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo . The trial chamber had ordered Lubanga's release...
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a South Carolina detention center rule that bans all books, including magazines and newspapers, from being sent to prisoners. The lawsuit was filed...
The first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee began Wednesday, as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani appeared in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ...
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state ban on online gambling is constitutional. Washington resident Lee Rousso gambled online in the past and wanted to continue doing so, arguing that a new...
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia to 10 years in prison following his conviction on charges of forging and disseminating a false map of the Cambodia-Vietnam...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for countries around the world to abolish laws discriminating against gay and lesbian individuals . The message, read on his behalf by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
The US Department of Defense announced Thursday that two former Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Germany . German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that state authorities...
