Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart announced Tuesday that Google was in violation of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) when it unintentionally captured personal information while taking...

A group of Kyrgyz lawyers is refusing to proceed with defending of ethnic Uzbeks in connection with eruptions of ethnic violence in June unless the government provides increased protections for them and their families. Group representatives cite multiple instances...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Tuesday that the war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba can proceed. Appeals...

The European Commission (EC) announced Tuesday that it is temporarily postponing the human rights complaint filed against France over the country's failure to respect the EU's Free Movement Directive of 2004 in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of an Illinois statute mandating a daily moment of silence in public schools. The court rejected arguments that the Illinois Reflection...

Lawyers representing the city of San Francisco submitted a brief on Monday arguing that California's ban on same-sex marriages , better known as Proposition 8 , is irrational under California state law....

A federal jury on Monday convicted four men for planting explosive devices outside New York City synagogues and plotting to shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in New York. James Cromitie [NYT...

The Iranian Culture Ministry announced Monday that it will shut down media outlets that publish reports on opposition leaders. The government warned media outlets against reports on opposition leaders, marking the government's first...

The Zimbabwe Supreme Court announced Monday that it would refuse to hear a civil rights case brought by Finance Minister Tendai Biti over his 2008 arrest on treason charges because he did not file an...

A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced former deputy director of the Ministry of Transportation Huynh Ngoc Si to life in prison for accepting bribes while managing a Japanese-funded road project, according...