Lawyers boycotted courts across Pakistan Wednesday for a third day in a continued effort to protest Friday's suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for unspecified misconduct. The nationwide strike by Pakistani lawyers was coupled with rallies...
Zimbabwe opposition presidential hopeful Morgan Tsvangirai , arrested by government forces at a protest in Harare Sunday, was taken to a hospital Tuesday after a brief appearance in court along with 50 other...
Chinese Chief Justice Xiao Yang reported Tuesday that nine high ranking Chinese officials were convicted by courts in 2006 as a result of China's anti-corruption campaign . In a working report to the annual session...
Pakistan's Supreme Judicial Council held a hearing Tuesday on the alleged misconduct of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as Pakistanis protested in the streets and lawyers boycotted courts across the country. Pakistani President Pervez...
A lawyer for Zimbabwe opposition presidential hopeful Morgan Tsvangirai , who was arrested by government forces Sunday, alleged Monday that police beat Tsvangirai after he was taken into custody. Party officials similarly said...
Only one in five US federal agencies actually complies with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments (E-FOIA) , according to a report released Monday by the National Security Archive . The...
Lawyers in Uganda began a three-day strike Monday in response to the March 1 siege of the Ugandan High Court . The 830 members of the Uganda Law Society (ULA) voted last week...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation , 06-157 , where the court must decide whether taxpayers have standing...
US Department of State Legal Adviser John Bellinger said Wednesday the US will not honor any request by Italy to extradite CIA agents wanted for their alleged role in the February 17, 2003 abduction [JURIST...
The Law Lords , the judicial panel of the UK House of Lords which is Britain's highest court, Wednesday dismissed an appeal by a suspect in the 2004 Madrid bombings contesting his extradition to...
