The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released a report alleging widespread abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) . The report documents numerous instances excessive force, sometimes deadly,...

The Constitutional Court of Germany on Tuesday ruled that the Bundestag , the national parliament, has the right to be heard on the European financial crisis. In the case...

The Cyprus government's practice of detaining all illegal migrants seeking asylum in the island nation violates international law, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. AI claims that Cyprus systematically detains migrants without exploring alternative...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday disqualified Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from being a member of Parliament since his April contempt conviction . Chief Justice Iftikhar...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will appeal his conviction and 50-year sentence for war crimes committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone , his lawyers notified the court on Monday. In...

An Illinois man on Monday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois against Bureau County alleging that prison officials in the county denied him necessary HIV medication during...

The first legal complaint against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was filed on Monday for his alleged involvement in the French sale of submarines to Pakistan in the 1990s. Olivier Morice, the lawyer acting...

A New York native and terror suspect pleaded guilty Monday to charges of providing material support , including money and computer assistance, to al Qaeda . Wesam El-Hanafi plead guilty before...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. that pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) qualify as outside salespeople under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , making them ineligible...

Italian prosecutors asked a court on Monday to sentence former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to three years and eight months in prison on fraud charges. Berlusconi, who resigned as prime minister in November, has...