The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) released a report confirming the use of rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last summer, but continued investigations...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Idaho has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of an Idaho anti-union law that bans a union program that subsidizes...

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens filed a notice of appeal in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Tuesday, stating that he plans to appeal the recent injunction [JURIST...

Syria security forces may have committed crimes against humanity during an operation to suppress demonstrations in the Western town of Tell Kalakh, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report published Wednesday. AI said...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in pre-trial was the result of criminal acts, differing from the previous explanation that had blamed prison doctors. Medvedev was presented...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Tuesday that they are launching a criminal investigation into United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), an energy company at one time headed by...

An Egyptian court on Tuesday acquitted three former ministers under ousted president Hosni Mubarak on charges of misappropriating state funds. The Cairo Criminal Court found three ministers not guilty : Ahmed Maghrabi,...

A Lebanon opposition party demanded Tuesday that Prime Minister Najib Mikati announce full support for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) during debates leading up to a vote of confidence for the prime minister. There is...

The Hague Appeals Court Tuesday ruled that the Netherlands is liable for the death of three Bosniak men during the Srebrenica massacre forcing...

Australia played a larger role than previously thought in the abuses of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, according to Australia Defense Force (ADF) documents obtained by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre...