Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday released jailed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general and opposition cabinet member-designate Roy Bennett , one day after the nation's Supreme Court denied a state appeal to...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin on Tuesday cited the case of Canadian citizen and former US detainee Maher Arar in presenting a report [text,...
Turkish police on Tuesday arrested 56 people charged with plotting to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) , including two retired generals. They were arrested after the Istanbul prosecutor issued an indictment linking them...
The US Supreme Court decided four cases Monday. The Court ruled 5-4 in Bartlett v. Strickland that a racial minority group that comprises less than 50 percent...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Jones v. Harris Associates , in which the Court will consider whether a shareholder must show that the fund's investment...
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav will be indicted on rape charges for allegedly assaulting several female employees in the 1990s, according to an announcement by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Sunday. Katsav will face...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases Wednesday. In Abuelhawa v. United States the Court heard arguments on whether a defendant...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese head of state Omar al-Bashir , charging him with...
The US Supreme Court decided two cases Tuesday. In Summers v. Earth Island Institute the Court ruled 5-4 that a group of environmentalists cannot sue to have...
The French Council of State , France's highest court, ruled Monday that the French government bore responsibility for deporting Jews during World War II, while denying further reparations for...
