The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday criticized Sri Lanka's plans to court-martial defeated opposition presidential candidate and former general Sarath Fonseka . The Sri Lankan Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) announced...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi of direct and public incitement to genocide and sentenced him to 15 years...

Former Uruguayan president Juan Maria Bordaberry was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for his role in the country's 1973 military coup. Bordaberry was elected president in 1971, and in 1973 he worked with the military to dissolve...

The European Parliament voted 378-196 Thursday to nullify an interim agreement between European Union (EU) member states and the US that gave American counter-terrorism officials access to the financial information of European citizens. The agreement...

The National Assembly of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Republika Srpska, passed legislation Wednesday intended to ease the process of holding referendums. Initiatives passed using the method would be binding only...

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Thursday offered an apology to Korea for Japan's 20th-century colonization of the Korean peninsula. At a meeting in Seoul with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan , Okada said that...

A Chinese appeals court on Thursday upheld the 11-year prison sentence for democracy activist Liu Xiaobo , despite calls for his release from US and European Union (EU) officials. Liu was tried in...

Iraq Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told the Associated Press Wednesday that the Iraqi government has ordered approximately 250 former Blackwater employees to leave Iraq by the end of the week. The Iraqi government was...

Representatives from the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) met with members of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the Darfur Compensation Commission Wednesday to discuss the compensation of Darfur [JURIST news...

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Wednesday to amended corruption charges. Blagojevich entered the plea in response to eight amended charges , including racketeering, attempted extortion, bribery, conspiracy to commit...