The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced by...
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dan Halutz Monday expressed disappointment about Israel's use of cluster bombs during the recent Middle East conflict and ordered an investigation into...
Thai human rights groups have demanded that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra face charges for crimes against humanity relating to his rough anti-drug campaign. The Lawyers Council of Thailand and the National Human Rights Commission...
Tom Noe , a former Republican fundraiser and prominent coin dealer in Ohio, was sentenced on Monday to 18 years in prison after his conviction last week on theft, corrupt activity, money laundering, forgery and tampering...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has submitted to the UN Security Council a proposal on establishing an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri...
Senior Thai security officials suggested Thursday that Thailand's Council for National Security may lift martial law next month after investigators wrap up a corruption probe against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [JURIST news...
Microsoft has handed over only 90 percent of the necessary documentation to comply with a 2004 European Union antitrust ruling and may face added fines unless the...
Russia may effectively extend a death penalty moratorium for three years if the State Duma passes a bill shifting the deadline for introducing jury trials in Chechnya from...
The head of the independent Human Rights Moroccan Center announced plans Monday to appeal a Moroccan court's conviction of three former Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of involvement in terrorism. Khaled al Charkaoui expressed surprise...
Torture has become widespread in the strife-ridden southern Russian republic of Chechnya , with more than 100 known cases in both official and secret detention centers, according to a new report released...
