A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a torture suit brought against former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld by two...
Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced Friday that a former Supreme Court of Canada judge will review documents detailing Canadian forces' treatment of Afghan detainees before the documents are released to Parliament . Nicholson...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday heard an unlawful prosecution case brought by bankrupt oil company Yukos against the Russian government for allegedly illegally prosecuting the company for tax...
French President Nicholas Sarkozy admitted Thursday that France and the international community made "mistakes" in handling the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Sarkozy spoke while...
A Turkish court on Thursday released three high ranking military officials detained for questioning over an alleged coup plot, hours after top political and military officials met to discuss the escalating situation. The court released former chief...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled Tuesday that current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is eligible to run for the senate after her presidential term expires. The Supreme Court denied a petition [Manila Times...
Lawyers for former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega filed a petition with the US Supreme Court Friday seeking to block his extradition to France. Noriega is relying on the dissenting...
The Polish government joined a class-action on lawsuit Wednesday brought against Russia for the 1940 Katyn Massacre where 20,000 Poles were killed by the USSR. The suit , filed in...
US Attorney General Eric Holder refused to rule out a military commission for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , in an interview with the Washington Post published Friday. Holder said...
The Haitian judge overseeing the prosecution of 10 US citizens charged with kidnapping in the wake of the January 12 earthquake said he will recommend their provisional release pending the investigation. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil said he...
