The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled that France violated the rights of a lesbian woman by refusing her application to adopt a child because of her sexual preference. The French...
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) on Monday released internal Canadian government documents detailing evidence of continued mistreatment and abuse of detainees transferred by Canadian forces to Afghan authorities. The documents, originally distributed to...
The Russian Prosecutor General's office said Tuesday it has launched a forgery investigation targeting former Russian prime minister and now opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov . According to Russian news agencies, the investigation relates to...
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers , will probably head the new UK Supreme Court when it opens in 2009, the Times reported Monday. The new top court,...
Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) members said Monday that Pakistan's lawyers will relax their ongoing boycott of the post-emergency judiciary to Thursday of every week and one hour of every day, because the backlog caused...
Lawyers and activists from 38 Asian Pacific countries meeting Monday at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Environmental Justice and Enforcement in Bangkok, Thailand, criticized lax enforcement of environmental laws throughout Asia, saying that governments have ignored enforcement...
Two Russian offices of the British Council in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg resumed operations Monday, defying a shutdown order from the Russian government. Russian authorities say that the Council has violated Russian tax laws; the...
US District Judge Marcia Cooke began hearing arguments Tuesday in the sentencing hearing of convicted terrorist Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi . The government is...
Pojamarn Shinwatra, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , returned to Thailand from self-imposed exile Tuesday to face corruption and fraud charges. Pojamarn was arrested upon arriving in Thailand, and was released on...
Three Indonesian Islamic militants sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings will seek a religious opinion on the legality of execution by firing squad from the Indonesian Council of Ulema, their lawyer...
