Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday granted amnesty for "crimes" committed before June 20 during the protests that began earlier this year, according to a decree published in Syrian state media. Minister of Justice Judge Tayseer...

A Chilean appeals court on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of a USD $10 billion hydroelectric dam project in Patagonia. HidroAysen , a private Chilean venture, seeks to build five dams whose...

US President Barack Obama overrode the legal interpretations of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel in maintaining the administration's position that US forces operating in Libya did not violate...

Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader on Monday dropped his appeal of a Zagreb extradition request, thereby compelling him to face corruption charges in Croatia. Sanader's lawyers said that the former prime minister dropped the appeal after media speculation...

A Wisconsin judge ruled on Monday that the state's domestic partnership registry does not infringe on the constitutional ban on gay marriage. Plaintiff Wisconsin Family Action challenged the Domestic Partnership Registry [Wisc. Stats. 770 text,...

Three former Croatian police officers were arrested Monday in connection to alleged war crimes committed against ethnic Serb civilians during the Serbo-Croatian War in 1991 and 1992. Most notable among the three is Djuro Brodarac, a former...

Former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali and his wife were sentenced Monday by a Tunisian court after being found guilty in absentia on charges of theft and unlawful possession of money and...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and a coalition of other rights groups Friday rejected the changes announced by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the criticized Secure Communities Program , a...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri that state and local government employees may not sue their employers for retaliation under...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Wal-Mart v. Dukes that a group of women seeking to recover damages from Wal-Mart failed to meet the requirements...