Judge Eloy Velasco of the Spanish National Court on Monday indicted seven people for their alleged involvement in helping the suspected perpetrators of the 2004 Madrid train bombings flee Spain...
The Obama administration, top lawmakers, and news organizations reached an agreement Friday on legislation that would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources in federal court. The compromise version of the Free Flow of Information...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin said Monday that all Guantanamo Bay detainees should be brought before US federal courts for trial by the January 22 deadline for...
Former Uruguay military dictator and army chief Gregorio Alvarez was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for his role in 37 homicides during the country's 1973-1985 military rule . Alvarez, who...
The constitutional branch of the Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Monday struck down a constitutional provision that bans presidential candidates from running for two consecutive terms. Under Article 147 of the Nicaraguan Constitution [text, in...
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Delaware on Sunday filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection , one day before eight clergy sexual abuse trials were set to begin. The filing will delay the trials, which were...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Friday asked the UN Security Council to pass a resolution exempting him from trial based on an alleged immunity agreement reached with former...
One of the two Afghans on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) resigned on Monday, citing "foreign interference." The panel is tasked with investigating the allegations of fraud surrounding the disputed August presidential elections ....
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George on Saturday criticized California's voter initiative process, which gives Californians the right to initiate or make new laws via the ballot box. In a speech to the...
The Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang province on Monday sentenced to death six men convicted of murder and other crimes such as arson and robbery for their roles in July's violent demonstrations [JURIST news...
