Former Egyptian prime minister Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Sunday to face retrial on complicity charges in the killing of over 100 protesters during the country's 2011 uprising. Mubarak was recently released from prison ...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned the escalating violence in Syria, insisting that any use of chemical weapons would constitute a crime against humanity with "serious results for the perpetrator." Ban called for an...
Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the High Court of Bolochistan on Saturday dismissed a request to move former president Pervez Musharraf's trial over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti to...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Friday urged the US government to ban the use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement. In several California prisons, hunger strikes began on July 8,...
Paraguay's Congress on Thursday officially granted President Horatio Cartes the power to order military interventions without prior legislative approval. The grant of power came after five security guards were were killed by...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday against an Arizona law that disqualified health providers which perform abortions, such as Planned Parenthood , from receiving public funds....
The Council of Europe on Wednesday expressed concern over the UK reaction to the exposure of the US surveillance program, asking for further information. British authorities allegedly threatened legal action against The Guardian and forced...
The Supreme Court of Chile on Wednesday approved the extradition of former Argentine judge, Otilio Romano, for human rights crimes. Romano fled to Chile two years ago to avoid trial for his alleged involvement in more than 100 crimes...
The New Zealand parliament on Wednesday approveda bill expanding the power of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). Approved in a 61-59 vote, the legislation gives the GCSB increased power to support other state departments including...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU) said Wednesday that they have uncovered a discriminatory national security program used by the US government to screen immigrants . In a lawsuit against the US Citizenship...
