The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday, granted early release to Momcilo Krajisnik , the former head of the Bosnian Serb parliament who was convicted in 2006 [case...
The Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Sacha Llorenti, claimed on Wednesday that it was an act of aggression for European countries to deny the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales , the right to fly through their airspace. Llorenti...
A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced human rights activist Abdulkarim al-Khader to eight years in prison for sedition. Abdulkarim al-Khader was one of the founders of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) ,...
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Monday ordered Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan to be tried in absentia for the murders of 19 intellectuals and 11 crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 independence war. Khan...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda in order to give prosecutors more time to prepare their case....
The lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday accused Libyan officials of defying the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official...
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that Arizona's law requiring that proof of citizenship be provided in order to register to vote is preempted by federal...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Nebraska filed a lawsuit Monday against Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles challenging the governor's decision to deny...
The White House on Tuesday announced a set of executive actions aimed at cracking down on abusive patent infringement lawsuits. These steps are aimed at people or firms, often referred to as "patent trolls," who...
A group of independent UN experts on Tuesday urged the government of El Salvador to reconsider its strict abortion ban in light of a recent ruling by its Supreme Court The decision denied...
