JURIST Legal News and Research Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Shames as Executive Director. In this role, Mr. Shames will oversee JURIST's business and development efforts, including outreach and educational initiatives, fundraising,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey failed to protect the life of well-known Turkish-Armenian writer and journalist Hrant Dink , failed to adequately...
Four Bosnian Serbs who went on an "illegal military operation" during the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 went on trial Friday before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina [official...
The Russian government Friday renewed its call for the United Kingdom to extradite Russian business billionaire Boris Berezovsky , who has been charged with plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . The request for extradition...
Eight suspected members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) were sent for trial Thursday by French investigators for their alleged role in the Casablanca terrorist attacks in May 2003. The suspects have been charged...
The North Carolina Senate passed a joint resolution Thursday apologizing for the state government's role in the practice of slavery, detailing various legal steps in the 17th through the 20th centuries which had suppressed the freedom...
A ground-breaking UN disabilities rights treaty opened for signature Friday. The treaty would protect the 650 million persons living with disabilities worldwide and is expected to be signed by more...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said Friday he plans to reverse the restrictions placed on stem cell research by former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney . Patrick emphasized during a meeting...
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame testified before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Friday that the White House and US Department of State "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover in an effort...
The president-elect of Russia's Chechen Republic accused Russian authorities Friday of torturing Chechen detainees. The allegations by Ramzan Kadyrov came just days after the Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of...
