A group of international human rights experts, including UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez, on Monday called on states worldwide to adopt the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners . Also...

An advisory board to the African Union (AU) on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of narrowly focusing its investigations on African government leaders since its inception in 2002. Last April, AU members ordered ...

A South Korean senior prosecutor was arrested Sunday on bribery charges following investigations into his corrupt relationship with major online game company Nexon . Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon was accused of taking the equivalent of USD $370,000...

The Bahrain High Civil Court on Sunday ordered al-Wefaq , the main Shiite opposition group in the country, to be dissolved. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group . The court found that the...

Groups of activists in Vietnam were detained Sunday while protesting China's rejection of the international ruling regarding the South China Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued the ruling on Tuesday,...

According to a judicial source, four men believed to be linked to Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who killed 84 people as he drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, have been arrested . One of...

The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska voted on Friday to hold a referendum within its territory on September 25 to decide whether to set its Statehood Day on January 9. The date...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Saturday reported 265 dead, 1,440 wounded and 2,839 soldiers arrested in the attempted coup on Friday. The coup began when military forces seized key areas of the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday concluded that sound levels approved by the Obama administration violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The MMPA prohibits people from harassing, feeding,...

Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, also known Daniel Sneddon, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of "war crimes" brought against him. The 61-year old Vasiljkovic will face a court in the port of...