Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday approved amendments to the country's law that regulates non-governmental organizations (NGOs), loosening and simplifying registration requirements for the groups. The amendments eased reporting and auditing...

Chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Royce Lamberth found Monday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) committed fraud in its efforts to keep documents related to eavesdropping...

The Supreme Court of India refused Monday to suspend a lower court decision declaring India's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional while it hears an appeal. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court accepted a petition challenging...

Horn v. Huddle, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

The Criminal Chamber of Peru's Supreme Court on Monday convicted former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on corruption charges and sentenced him to seven-and-a-half years in prison. Fujimori was accused of paying former Peruvian Intelligence...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered the suppression of all out-of-court statements made by Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad that may have...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday convicted Bosnian Serb cousins Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their actions...

Mumbai terror attack suspect Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab interrupted his trial in India Monday to confess and plead guilty to 86 charges stemming from his participation in last November's killings. Kasab, the only captured...

A Turkish court on Monday began the trial of two former generals and 54 others suspected of planning to overthrow the country's ruling Justice Development Party (AKP) . Sener Eruygur, Hursit Tolon, and their...

A US military study has recommended a complete overhaul of both the US-run and Afghan-run prisons in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Sunday. After prison conditions continued to deteriorate, and a January report by the UN...