A court in Thailand sentenced former Indian financier Rakesh Saxena to 10 years in prison on Friday for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from a bank in Thailand during the 1990s. The Bangkok South Criminal Court, found Saxena...
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple against smartphone rival Motorola . Judge Richard Posner, sitting in as a trial judge...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay declared on Friday that US drone strikes in Pakistan raise grave legal concerns under international law. Pillay expressed particular concern that the drone strikes do not comport with the...
The government of Malawi announced on Friday that it will not host the African Union (AU) summit in July after the AU invited Sudanese president and war crimes suspect Omar al-Bashir ...
A panel of UN human rights experts urged the government of Malaysia on Thursday to protect non-governmental organizations advocating for reform of the electoral process against acts of intimidation and harassment from various groups. The UN panel...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Thursday appealed a ruling that struck down an Oklahoma law restricting how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients. Three weeks ago, a...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that Col. Morris Davis , the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay may not seek money damages from...
Upwards of 20.9 million people worldwide work in forced labor, the International Labour Organization (ILO) , a UN agency focusing on labor rights, redported Friday. The ILO's estimate of about 21 million people in forced labor...
The UN Human Rights Council voted to condemn Syria on Friday for killing more than 100 civilians in the Houla region of the country last week. The 47-member body voted 41-3 to approve...
A New York state court ruled Wednesday that the family of a Holocaust survivor must return a gold tablet to a museum in Germany. The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division Second Judicial Department...
