The corruption trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resumed Friday but was immediately postponed to February 27. Judges for the tenth section of the Milan Tribunal postponed the...
Chinese lawyers and US-based rights group ChinaAid on Friday called on Beijing police to conduct a search for missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng . Police reported Thursday that Gao, who has been...
The Obama administration is considering bringing charges in a Washington, DC, federal court against Guantanamo Bay detainee Riduan Isamuddin , the suspected planner of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing , the Associated Press reported...
The Russian State Duma on Thursday passed a resolution to ratify Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights , making the Russian Federation the last Council of Europe (COE) [official...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) that combating financial fraud is a priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) . When asked whether the reallocation...
A Honduran Supreme Court judge on Thursday charged top military personnel with abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya from the country after he was ousted from power...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and an attempted attack...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear an appeal brought by an anti-abortion advocate who refused to pay taxes on the basis that the money could be used to fund abortion [JURIST news...
A judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that a law allowing Washington DC to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere is not subject to a public referendum....
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will increase its oversight of the families of government officials to control corruption, the state-controlled China Daily reported Wednesday. A communique released Wednesday by the...