Haitian prison officers are alleged to have killed 12 detainees "deliberately and without justification," using "inappropriate, abusive and disproportionate force" during a January 19 prison uprising, according to an independent commission, the New York Times reported ...
Russian prosecutors asked Friday for a 14-year prison sentence in the second case against former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky , though his sentence could be reduced based on time served for a prior conviction. Khodorkovsky...
The Iranian Culture Ministry announced Monday that it will shut down media outlets that publish reports on opposition leaders. The government warned media outlets against reports on opposition leaders, marking the government's first...
Egypt issued new media restrictions Wednesday that critics say effectively put all live television media, including talk shows and news shows, under government control. The telecommunications regulator cancelled the broadcast permits of all private media companies...
A UK court began inquests Monday into the July 2005 London transit bombings that killed 52 people and injured 700 others. Lady Justice Hallett is presiding over the inquests with the victims'...
Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was announced Friday as the winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize , "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." Liu has...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Wilner v. NSA , in which lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees were seeking disclosure of whether...
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled Friday that a 2004 law that transferred powers from the presidency to parliament was unconstitutional, ordering the powers be restored to the president. The ruling invalidates the reforms passed...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared a mistrial Monday in a murder case against two Blackwater defense contractors after the jury failed to reach a verdict....
A Kenyan court on Thursday convicted seven Somali pirates and sentenced them to five years in prison. The group was tried and convicted in the coastal town of Mombasa where they had been held...
