Over thirty military officers and supporters involved in an aborted coup attempt against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo last week were formally charged with rebellion Monday. Last Thursday, about a dozen officers on trial...
The military government of Myanmar reported Monday that it has released 8,585 detainees since the middle of November to celebrate progress toward drafting a national constitution , but opposition party National League for Democracy...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday sentenced a former witness to nine months in prison for contempt of court and giving false testimony before the tribunal. The witness, who was only identified as...
The retrial of six Frenchmen who were released from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay began Monday in Paris. The six stand accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. France...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Friday praised Pakistan's lawyers for standing up for the rule of law and emphasized the county's need for an independent judiciary as a guard against overreaching executive power. In...
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as head of Pakistan's army Wednesday, the day before he is scheduled to take an oath of office as Pakistan's civilian president. Musharraf's role as army chief complicated his recent bid for re-election...
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has indicated that he may accept most of the demands put forth by opposition parties in the face of his November 3 declaration of emergency rule but that he will not reinstate ousted...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates , 06-856, a case where the Court considered whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
The Supreme Court of Georgia Wednesday unanimously overturned a state law that prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds and other areas where children gather. Civil rights groups...
UN Special Representative for the Children and Armed Conflict Unit Radhika Coomaraswamy Tuesday expressed concern about the prosecution of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , saying that prosecuting Khadr for alleged war crimes committed while...
