The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday renewed calls for Russia to abolish the death penalty . Russia recently assumed the rotating chairmanship of the COE's Committee of Ministers . The...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged Nepal's Maoist Communist Party (CPN-M) to end alleged abductions and other abuses committed by the party. In a...
A lawyer for Morgan Stanley asked a three-judge panel of the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday to overturn a "disproportionate" 2005 jury verdict awarded to billionaire financier and Revlon Chairman...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday signed off on requirements for obtaining a photo ID card that citizens of Georgia must present to vote in elections. Georgia's State Election Board ,...
The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor could begin as early as January, Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) officials said Wednesday. Taylor, who was transferred from...
Former Computer Associates senior vice president Thomas Bennett pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of obstruction of justice for his role in the companys revenue-swapping of $2.2 billion with another company in 1999 and 2000. Bennett, who faces...
A retired Canadian Supreme Court justice said Wednesday that major flaws plaguing the Canadian justice system contributed to the mismanagement of the criminal trial and investigation into the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight from Montreal...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved a review of media ownership rules , including limits on ownership of broadcast stations by one company and on cross-ownership by broadcasters and...
Observers say President Bush could issue a pardon for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby following last weeks revelation that Karl Rove , Bush's top political advisor, will not face criminal charges in...
The US Department of Defense has rejected a demand by Amnesty International for an independent investigation into last weekend's three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. A Pentagon...
