The number of executions in the US in 2007 reached the lowest level in 13 years, according to the 2007 year-end report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) on Tuesday. DPIC...
Former Uruguay military dictator and army chief Gregorio Alvarez was charged Monday with crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the country's 1973-85 period of military rule and specifically for his alleged role in the secret...
Incoming Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez Monday dismissed Argentinian coast guard head Carlos Fernandez, one week after former Argentinian coast guard officer and torture suspect Hector Febres was found dead in his military jail...
Iran has charged women's rights activists Ronak Safarzadeh and Hana Abdi with acting "against national security" by allegedly participating in terrorist acts, an Iranian judge said Sunday. The two women were arrested in October...
Interim Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Thursday that he will not withdraw a proposed Internal Security Bill that would grant the military power to override government operations and suspend rights even after general elections...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Thursday that former Cambodian Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, who served as minister for social affairs, have filed appeals with...
The US House Judiciary Committee approved a draft bill Wednesday that would increase the annual salary of federal judges in an attempt to close the pay gap between the federal judiciary and their colleagues...
US President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday, including some convicted for drug crimes, fraud, or kickback schemes. In addition, Bush reduced the sentence of another man who had been convicted for dealing crack cocaine....
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted a motion Tuesday compelling the US government to preserve all evidence of torture against Majid Khan , the first "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainee...
The US Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to give retroactive effect to an earlier amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that will reduce penalties for crack cocaine offenders . The amendment, which took effect...
