The trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon , accused of ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses, began on Tuesday before a seven-judge panel of the Spanish Supreme Court . The court announced in...

An Algerian court on Monday sentenced former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Aziz Naji to three years in prison for his participation in a foreign extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda. The sentence was less...

A French judge has requested access to information from Guantanamo Bay in order to investigate allegations of torture being made by three French citizens. Judge Sophie Clement requested access to documents, as well as access to individuals...

The Maldives military Monday arrested the chief justice of the nation's criminal court after he released a detained opposition leader. Judge Abdulla Mohamed was arrested for corruption in an unprecedented move by the military that has sparked...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday blocked the deportation of a Muslim cleric from the UK to Jordan. Abu Qatada is a Palestinian-Jordanian Islamic scholar who fled the Middle East under persecution...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in US v. Bormes to determine whether the federal government has sovereign immunity for damages arising from the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on Egypt's newly elected parliament to pursue an agenda to reform nine areas of Egyptian law that impede freedom and restrict rights. Some of the reforms...

The Philippine Senate on Monday began the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona for violating the constitution and the public trust in connection with the trial of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) criticized the US human rights record, including the indefinite detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees, in a report made public on their website Sunday. The 90-page report,...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan began contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday after he refused to comply with a court order. The prime minister was ordered to appear in...