The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted 482 to 27 to authorize France's continued participation in NATO operations in Libya. The military intervention began on March 19 in response to violent reactions...
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and two Cabinet officials of corruption and sentenced them to various prison terms. Nazif was sentenced to one year , while former interior minister Habib el Adly,...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a bill on Tuesday calling for, among other penalties, chemical castration of individuals convicted of sexual offenses against children. The bill, which seeks to deter such crimes, was sent...
The US is violating UN laws governing torture investigations by insisting on monitoring conversations with an imprisoned army private, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez said Tuesday. Pfc. Bradley Manning is...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to begin a criminal investigation into alleged detainee abuses authorized by former US president George W. Bush following the 9/11 terrorist attacks...
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the removal of 14 Libyan news stations from the air. Libyan citizens and Egyptian lawyers filed the lawsuit, arguing that the stations, which are owned by the Muammar Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news...
The Regensberg Court of Appeals in southern Germany on Monday upheld the conviction of British Bishop Richard Williamson for incitement for denying the Holocaust . The court reduced his punishment , however, to a fine of...
A Ugandan court on Monday began its first war crimes trial of a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , a Ugandan rebel group. The International Crimes Division (ICD) ...
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that he would continue investigating the deaths of two detainees who died during interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) . Former attorney general Michael Mukasey had...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declared that it would hear an appeal of convicted terrorist Mohammed Momin Khawaja . The high court granted an application for leave to appeal ...
