A Moscow court ruled Monday that the Russian Human Rights Research Center , a major human rights umbrella group, will remain open despite increased government control over NGOs. The Russian Justice Ministry had requested...
Changes to the controversial French labor law establishing the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) are expected to be announced Monday after an early-morning meeting between President Jacques Chirac and Prime...
German officials Sunday announced the arrest in Mannheim of Ignace Murwanashyaka , leader of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) . While the arrest was based on immigration violations, Murwanashyaka could face deportation or extradition to Rwanda...
Jail sentences were handed down Monday by Belarusian courts for more than 150 protestors who were detained by police while taking part in recent election protests. Thousands of citizens gathered last week to demonstrate against...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on whether prisons which deny difficult inmates access to newspapers, magazines, and photographs are violating the First Amendment . In the case of Beard v....
The last meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights took place in Geneva Monday, as its replacement prepares to hold its first session on June 19. The UN Human Rights Council ...
US troops in Iraq reportedly arrested more than 40 Iraqi Interior Ministry personnel Sunday after the discovery of a secret bunker complex in central Baghdad holding 17 foreign prisoners. In November 2005, some 170 Sunni detainees...
Newly-disclosed comments by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made after a speech at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland earlier this month have touched off a furor in the lead-up to Tuesday's oral arguments in Hamdan...
Key organizers of election protests in the Belarus capital city of Minsk who were detained by police will face criminal charges, Belarus Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov said Sunday. Thousands of citizens gathered...
French labor and student groups Monday called a day of strikes for March 28 after the French goverment refused to withdraw its recently passed First Employment Contract (CPE) , which allows French...
