A Tunisian military court on Wednesday convicted former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on torture charges. Ben Ali and eight others were found guilty of the torture of 17 military generals in...
Philippine authorities arrested former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday in response to a warrant issued that same day on charges of corruption and election fraud occurring during her time as president. Arroyo...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted former Rwandan mayor Gregoire Ndahimana of genocide and crimes against humanity on Thursday and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Ndahimana was charged...
Syrian governmental forces have been committing crimes against humanity , including torture and unlawful killings of anti-government protesters in Homs, Syria , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Friday. According to...
Mexican security forces have committed widespread rights abuses , such as torture and forced disappearances, in combating organized crime, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The report, "Neither Rights...
The Ukrainian Parliament voted Friday to delay debate on a draft law that would change the way the criminal code punishes economic and administrative crimes and could result in the release of former prime minister...
All war crimes allegations against NATO, opposition and pro-Gaddafi forces committed during the recent conflict will be investigated "impartially and independently" according to a statement Wednesday by the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo...
Ukrainian authorities should review the conviction of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , says a resolution passed Thursday by the European Parliament that called her imprisonment "a violation of human rights and an abuse...
The International Criminal Court should expand its investigation into the disappearances and killings of more than 1,000 people leading up to Kenya's 2007 election , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday....
