The Amsterdam District Court began the new trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders Monday after replacing the previous panel of judges. The replacement panel will now hear the case against Wilders,...

UK think tank Policy Exchange called Monday for the UK to withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favor of a domestic high court. Senior UK judge, Lord Leonard...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Human Rights (ECCHR) on Monday urged the signatory states of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) to pursue criminal charges against former US...

The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met on Monday to define key terms related to the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri . In particular, the STL...

The Iranian government has executed two men convicted of killing three anti-government protesters in prison in 2009, according to a report Sunday by pro-government website Khabarnameh Daneshjooyan. The execution of the two prison officials was reported [AFP...

The Egyptian government will meet with opposition leaders Sunday to study potential changes to its constitution , but opposition leaders are hesitant to believe anything will come of the effort . A committee of judicial and political leaders...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the health care reform law . Judge Keith Starrett ruled that...

The US and Russia on Saturday formally inaugurated the New START treaty , an agreement intended to reduce nuclear arms in both countries. At the security conference in Munich, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

A federal judge on Thursday upheld the detention of Mashur Al Sabri , a Saudi-born Yemeni citizen who was captured between Afghanistan and Pakistan and detained as an enemy combatant in December 2002. Sabri is currently...

The Cuban Roman Catholic Church announced Friday that Cuban officials have agreed to release two more political prisoners. The agreement includes allowing Angel Moya to stay in Cuba and Guido Sigler to go to the...