UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday demanded immediate restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau . His demand came after a military coup on Thursday that led to seizure of power over the government and detention...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that an emergency wiretap provision allowing warrantless interceptions is unconstitutional. The specific section authorizes a peace officer to intercept private communication when there...
The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-2 to overturn the ban against abortion of brain-damaged (anencephalic fetuses). Currently, Brazil criminalizes abortion with the narrow exceptions of cases...
The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on Thursday sentenced former acting defense minister Valeriy Ivaschenko to five years in prison and banned him from holding public office for three years after convicting him on abuse of power charges. Ivashenko...
The Malaysian parliament is considering a new law that would replace the Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) . The new law, introduced on Tuesday, will significantly limit the time period for...
The Office of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Tuesday that the ICC lacks jurisdiction to investigate allegations of crimes committed in Palestine during the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict . After considering...
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged the Bahraini government to release Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment last year by a military court, so that he does...
An Egyptian court on Thursday found former housing minister Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a total of eight years in prison. He was charged with violating laws regulating tenders and auctions including profiteering, illegal...
The referral chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday transferred the case of Charles Sikubwabo to the High Court of Rwanda. The decision was based on ICTR...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday rejected the motion for new trial filed by Allen Stanford . Judge David Hittner did...
