Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been released after receiving a suspended sentence on Tuesday. Zhiqiang was indicted in May on charges of fanning ethnic hatred and provoking trouble for comments that he posted online. He...
Burkina Faso's military court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for former president Blaise Compaore for the assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Sankara was killed along with 12 of his supporters during a 1987...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday upheld the authority of Governor Tom Wolf to postpone executions in the commonwealth. The unanimous decision came after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams petitioned the court...
According to an official US government document , a man who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been held without charge at Guantanamo Bay for 13 years was a victim of mistaken identity. Mustafa Abd-al Qawi Abd-al-Aziz...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The court let stand a lower court ruling in Veracruz,...
Bahrain has tortured detainees in the years following the country's 2011 protests , despite a government promise to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. The report is based on testimony offered by...
The Dutch Council of State on Wednesday ordered more cuts in gas production. The court came to this decision after stronger and more frequent earthquakes occurred in the Netherlands...
The US Supreme Court denied review in New Hampshire Right to Life v. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday. The anti-abortion group petitioned the court to clarify Exemption 4...
Federal prosecutors in New York announced Tuesday that they are expanding criminal charges against the three individuals responsible for orchestrating a massive computer hack against financial institutions, brokerage firms and financial news publishers. Gery Shalon, Joshua...
The UK Supreme Court on Monday began hearings in the case of Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who claims the British government assisted in his 2004 rendition by US forces. Belhaj and his wife were arrested in Bangkok in 2004...
