A special court in India sentenced 11 Muslims to death Tuesday in connection with the Godhra train burning in 2002 that killed 59 Hindu nationalists and started the 2002 Gujarat riots . Special judge PR Patel handed down...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the response by Middle Eastern governments to peaceful protests, urging the international community to take a strong stance against violence in Libya. In Pillay's opening statement...
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has combined two separate criminal cases and concluded the pre-trial investigation of opposition leader and former primer minister Yulia Tymoshenko ....
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the only surviving gunman of the three-day siege of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
The US House of Representatives voted 275 to 144 Monday to extend surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act which could expire February 28. A vote on the bill [HR...
Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Monday the government will end the 19-year-old state of emergency laws amidst growing protests in Algeria and the ongoing protests in Tunisia and Egypt. Medelci told French radio station Europe 1 that the...
Closing arguments began Tuesday in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, despite Taylor's absence from the courtroom. UN prosecutors said the trial will...
UK think tank Policy Exchange called Monday for the UK to withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favor of a domestic high court. Senior UK judge, Lord Leonard...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an end to police attacks and an investigation into the deaths of protesters in Tunisia. The protest movement in Tunisia ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali ,...
A judge for the US District Court for the District Court for Idaho dismissed a lawsuit Friday brought by environmentalists challenging Idaho's state-created "roadless rule" to protect its forests. Judge B Lynn Winmill's ruling...
