Two courts in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality sentenced six individuals to death on Tuesday for their connections with organized crime gangs. The First Intermediate People's Court sentenced two gang leaders to death and two other members to...
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China courts sentence 6 to death for organized crimes
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Germany appeals court rules trial of accused Nazi guard can proceed
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Malaysia appeals court dismisses former opposition leader’s defamation suit
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Israel deputy PM calls for internal Gaza war crimes investigation
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China officials ‘disappeared’ Uighurs after Xinjiang riots: HRW
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HRW dismisses allegations of bias against Israel
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Senate passes bill allowing transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial
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France prosecutors seek suspended sentence, fine for ex-PM accused in Sarkozy defamation
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Spain judge releases underage Somali pirate suspect
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Rwanda genocide tribunal begins trial of former mayor
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The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rejected appeals by alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on Wednesday, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month. The rejected appeals...
A Malaysian appeals court on Tuesday rejected a defamation suit filed by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim against former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad . The suit, which alleged defamation in connection with...
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor called Wednesday for an independent Israeli investigation into the war crimes allegations detailed in the Goldstone report , which accuses Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas ...
More than 40 Uighur men have disappeared since being detained by Chinese security forces following the July Xinjiang riots , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. HRW...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) responded Tuesday to a New York Times editorial written by former chairman Robert Bernstein that accused the group of bias against Israel. HRW responded that the group covers "open" societies...
The US Senate voted 79-19 Tuesday in favor of a bill permitting Guantanamo Bay detainees to be brought to the US for trial. The measure was part of...
Paris prosecutors requested Tuesday that former prime minister Dominique de Villepin receive an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a 45,000 fine for his role in an alleged plot to defame several businessmen including current...
Spanish Judge Santiago Pedraz on Tuesday ordered the release of accused Somali pirate Abdou Willy to the Spanish Juvenile Court. Pedraz ordered the release after medical examinations could not determine his age to be...
The trial of Rwandan genocide suspect Jean-Baptiste Gatete began Tuesday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Gatete, the former Mayor...
