Spanish Minister of Justice Mariano Fernandez Bermejo resigned on Monday due to mounting pressure following allegations that he interfered with a judicial investigation during a hunting trip with Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
Released Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was returned to the UK on Monday after being held for nearly seven years. Mohamed had immigrated from Ethiopia to the UK prior to his...
European members of the Group of 20 (G20) financial policy body said Sunday that tighter regulation of the financial industry and liberal trade policies are necessary to help the global economy recover from its recent downturn....
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Tuesday began the trial of former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek-Eav . Kaing, also known as "Duch," faces charges [scheduling order, PDF;...
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Monday that additional charges will be filed against Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky . The charges include allegations of embezzlement and...
An appeals court in Afghanistan on Sunday upheld a lower court's decision to sentence two men convicted of translating the Koran to 20 years in prison. The three-judge panel ruled that the men were guilty of modifying...
A special panel of federal judges tentatively ruled on Monday that California must reduce its prison population in order to relieve overcrowding. Based on the evidence presented, the panel concluded that overcrowding has resulted in the state's...
Wu Shu-Chen, the wife of former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian , pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of money-laundering and forgery, but denied charges that she embezzled from the presidential state affairs fund. Wu claims the...
A senior Iraqi official confirmed Monday that four Iraqi prisoners were released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison into Iraqi custody for further interrogation. The anonymous official also confirmed that only one Iraqi citizen...
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) prosecutor Stephen Rapp said Monday that a verdict in the war crimes case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor is expected in early 2010. Rapp...
