Lawyers for Google on Wednesday filed an appeal in Spanish court hoping to overturn orders from Spanish authorities to remove websites that allegedly violate privacy rights. Spain's Data Protection Agency filed 90...
Human rights groups are calling for Lithuania to reopen its investigation into whether the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a secret prison in the country. Statements from Amnesty International (AI) and Reprieve say that...
Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali declared a state of emergency Friday amid nationwide protests, banning public gatherings and allowing police to fire on anyone refusing to obey orders. The declaration came a day after Ben Ali...
The state of Texas on Wednesday failed for the third time in two months at its attempts to block new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the...
A judge for the Raipur Sessions Court of Chhattisgarh state India found human rights activist Binayak Sen guilty of aiding rebels and sentenced him to life imprisonment Friday, amid criticism from international rights groups....
The Russian State Duma voted 350-59 on Friday to approve the New START nuclear arms treaty with the US, after just hours of debate. The New START treaty replaces the...
A Swiss judge on Thursday called for the prosecution of three engineers who have links to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for allegedly smuggling nuclear weapons technology to Pakistan. After six years of investigation, Swiss federal magistrate...
Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a motion to recuse himself from the three-judge panel that will hear arguments on Proposition 8 [text,...
More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to a report released Tuesday, the first time such a report has been made public. The Association of Chief...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday ruled that the police did not violate constitutional protections by accessing a citizen’s electricity usage during an investigation. The Court reversed the decision of the appellate court by...
