Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) head Nawaz Sharif has threatened to withdraw from the government if all of the judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf [official website; JURIST news...
] The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City announced on Thursday that it has agreed to pay $10 million to settle 47 sexual abuse claims against the church. The deal also required the church...
Officials for Iraq's Human Rights Ministry have said that they plan to prosecute those suspected of torturing inmates of the country's prison system, according to a Wednesday report . The country signed on to the UN's Convention Against...
Indonesian Attorney General Hendarman Supandji announced Wednesday that the men convicted of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings will not be executed until after the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, during which the death penalty...
Iran has executed a man for a stabbing he committed while still a minor, according Wednesday reports from local media. The execution is said to violate the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child ,...
The City of New York agreed to pay approximately $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by protesters who had claimed they had been illegally arrested, according to Tuesday statements made by the city's Law...
Jury selection began Tuesday in the the trial of a former US Marine who faces voluntary manslaughter charges for alleged involvement in the deaths of four Iraqi civilians in 2004. Sergeant Jose Nazario cannot face trial by court-martial...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday vacated a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule prohibiting state and local governments from monitoring air pollution...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that those placed on the government's "no-fly list" can challenge their inclusion on the list in federal district courts. The issue came before the court...
US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Monday, calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to postpone implementation of...
