Competing Palestinian governments controlled by Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza have been committing human rights violations in their bids for dominance over the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights (PICCR)...
Former Peruvian general Rodolfo Robles testified Monday that he believed that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was responsible for two massacres that took place during his presidency in the early 1990s, but admitted that...
The ruling junta of Myanmar Tuesday extended the house arrest of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, a decision that has angered and frustrated many in the international community. Suu Kyi's...
A Marine Corps General Friday declined to press charges against two US Marines involved in a March 2007 incident in which 30 US Marines opened fire on civilians alongside a road in Nangahar province, Afghanistan, after...
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian officials following interviews with Khadr in...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday provisionally released a Kosovar journalist indicted on contempt of court charges for allegedly publishing the identity of a witness in the...
The US military has failed to ensure that over $8 billion dollars in Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded between 2001 and 2006 complied with federal anti-fraud laws, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Defense...
The Supreme Court of China and the country's Ministry of Justice have released new rules to clarify China's death penalty review procedures, state media reported Friday. Under the new system, three Supreme Court judges must review all...
The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union Thursday agreed on a draft proposal for new rules to combat illegal immigration. Under the proposal, illegal aliens caught within the EU could...
The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-9 Wednesday to overturn a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that rejected California's request for a waiver allowing the...
