Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was hospitalized Tuesday before he was scheduled to appear before Egypt's public prosecutor for questioning about his alleged roles in protester deaths and embezzlement of government money. The chief prosecutor on...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday pointed to the executions of opposition fighters as the most recent evidence that forces supporting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi continue to commit war crimes. Researchers from AI...

Iraqi authorities must end attacks on peaceful protesters , according to a Tuesday report from Amnesty International (AI) . The report, "Days of Rage: Protests and Repression in Iraq" , asserts that Iraqi and Kurdistan authorities...

An Egyptian military court convicted blogger Maikel Nabil and sentenced him to three years in prison Monday for criticizing the army and raising questions over reform in the wake of revolution, according to reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara announced in a televised speech Monday that he will ask his justice minister to begin legal proceedings against former president Laurent Gbagbo . Ouattara guaranteed the security of Gbagbo and his family...

The Philippine anti-graft court, the Sandiganbayan , said Monday that it ordered Imelda Marcos, wife of deceased Philippine ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos , to return USD $280,000 in state funds stolen by her husband. The money was...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that Syrian security forces have stopped medical personnel, sometimes violently, from attending to injured protesters. A spokesperson for the group called the practice "both inhumane and illegal." According to the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision to enjoin several provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law . In July, the US...

Bahraini authorities said Monday that the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights will face questioning by a military prosecutor over allegations that he tampered with photos of a detainee who died in custody....

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a hearing in Milan on Monday to defend himself against charges of tax fraud. After just two-and-a-half hours, Berlusconi left the trial saying the...