Newly-elected Bolivian president Evo Morales addressed the nation during his inauguration speech Sunday and promised to promote justice for indigenous Bolivian Indians, saying that they had been discriminated against and "never recognized as human...

The chief investigative judge for the Iraqi High Criminal Court (formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ) announced Monday that judge Ra'uf Rashid will replace former chief judge Rizgar Muhammad Amin in the Saddam Hussein trial ....

Sudanese security forces released nearly 50 human rights delegates attending the African Union summit in Khartoum Monday. Members of the Sudanese Organization Against Torture , Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International and the International Bar...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Monday, including a decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission , where the Court remanded the case to the federal District...

Saddam Hussein condemned "Iranian meddling" in Iraq after being briefed on major Iraqi, Arab and international affairs over the weekend, his defense team said Monday. Defense lawyer Saleh al-Armuti said Hussein had complained of not being...

The number of targeted assassinations of journalists is on the rise, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Monday in its annual report, Targeting and Tragedy: Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2005 [PDF...

Activists around the country marked the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade with demonstrations on Sunday. In Minnesota, San Francisco, Idaho and Michigan, hundreds of anti-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators gathered in front of state capitols. Activists in...

The trial of former Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic resumed Monday at The Hague, as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ended its extended winter break. The break had been prolonged...

The UK High Court Monday rejected a review of guidelines that do not require parental consent for minors to receive contraception or abortion advice. Sue Axon of Manchester, a mother of...

Leading Monday's international brief, the 2006 African Union summit opened Monday in Khartoum, Sudan, with a sharp controversy over the potential chairmanship of the organization by a regime accused of directly contributing to over 300,000 deaths and...