The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang said Wednesday that Chad has made significant progress in its human rights improvements, but that the Chadian government must continue to work on...
A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday filed a second $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company reported a new leak in its Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Eduardo Santos de Oliviera filed the first...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday denied the government leave to appeal a decision requiring them to turn over redacted documents providing information about Afghan prisoner treatment. The complaint was filed...
John Harris, former chief of staff to Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich , was sentenced to 10 days in prison this week in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for his part...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of unlawful assembly stemming from an incident at a protest last week. Besigye and other protesters were arrested last week after a...
The former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency may face charges for his assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating a secret prison in Poland. Zbigniew Siemiatkowski told a Polish newspaper...
The president of Mali was removed from office on Wednesday after Malian soldiers took control of the government and suspended the constitution. After removing President Amadou Toumani Toure , the soldiers announced the suspension of the constitution...
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) on Monday signed the Drug-Free Workplace Act , which allows state employers to randomly test up to 10% of their workforce. The act does not create a "duty" to test, but allows...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last week ruled that the right of a person in a same-sex partnership to adopt his or her partner's child is not protected by the European...
Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj on Thursday told judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that he believes the tribunal is biased...
