The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the country's new prime minister to reopen the investigation against President Asif Ali Zardari . With the order, the court gave Raja Pervez Ashraf, the new...
The Turkish ruling party plans to abolish the special courts used in coup and terrorism trials, Reuters reported Wednesday. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to present a reform package including...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court convicted 24 journalists, political opposition leaders and others under the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 , Human Rights Watch reported on Wednesday. The human rights group...
The Rwandan government has helped to create armed groups including M23, which has been conducting a mutiny in North Kivu Province under the leadership of a particularly notorious group of human rights violators, and supplied them with weapons, armor...
A European court on Wednesday upheld several fines imposed against Microsoft Inc. for noncompliance with an order of the EU Commission . Microsoft was initially requested by the Commission to provide competitors with interoperability information...
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a request by Apple to issue an injunction against Samsung Electronics blocking the sale of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer while the patent infringement case is reviewed. Judge Lucy Koh for...
A German court ruled Tuesday that circumcising young boys based on religious traditions is prohibited even if the parents consent to the procedure. The Cologne state court addressed the issue of...
Libyan armed forces on Tuesday signed an agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) affirming that the country will consider international humanitarian laws during military operations. Under the memorandum, which was signed...
The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons , especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo on Tuesday urged the international community to focus on the human rights of trafficked individuals when criminalizing and...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that heat-trapping pollutants such as carbon dioxide are endangering the...
