International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo revealed that investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi committed crimes against humanity. During an interview with the Associated Press, Ocampo said he...
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ICC has evidence of Gaddafi war crimes: prosecutor
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Middle East leaders among annual list of threats to press freedom
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Sudan releases opposition leader al-Turabi
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Supreme Court to hear Jerusalem passport, arbitration cases
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Israel ex-president appeals rape conviction to high court
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China laws limiting death penalty take effect
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US forces kill Osama Bin Laden in firefight
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Supreme Court rules for Wyoming in water dispute
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China frees one rights lawyer, another disappears: report
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UN rights chief criticizes Uganda government for protest response
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Journalism rights group Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday released its annual list of predators of press freedom , which included the heads of state of several countries in the Middle East and North Africa....
Sudanese opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi was released from jail Tuesday, nearly four months after his January arrest. Al-Turabi was jailed for calling on the Sudanese people to start a popular uprising, similar to Tunisia [JURIST...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in MBZ v. Clinton to determine whether the political question doctrine deprives a federal court of...
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday, shortly before he was to begin a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault ....
An amendment to Chinese law abolishing the death penalty for 13 crimes passed in February by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) went into effect on Sunday. The list...
US President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that earlier in the day a small team of US military personnel attacked a compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Montana v. Wyoming for Wyoming in a dispute with Montana over water rights to the Tongue and Powder...
China's government released human rights lawyer Teng Biao Friday after more than 70 days of detention, but this was quickly followed by reports that fellow human rights lawyer Li Fangping disappeared later in the afternoon under suspicious circumstances. Teng's...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged Uganda's government Sunday to stop using what she called excessive force against protesters, including opposition leader Kizza Beisgye . Pillay criticized the government's treatment...
