Congo opposition party claims fraud in presidential election
The Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) , an opposition group and former rebel group, on Tuesday alleged widespread election fraud in Sunday's election , and threatened to challenge the election in court if...
UK home secretary bans four groups under new anti-terror law
British Home Secretary John Reid announced Monday that he is banning four groups under the UK Terrorism Act 2006 . The UK-based Al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect , as well...
A Mexican judge Saturday cleared ex-president Luis Echeverria of genocide charges in connection with his role in repressing a 1968 student revolt while he was the country's Interior Minister. According to Echeverria's lawyer, the judge...
Former Mexican president Luis Echeverria was under house arrest Saturday after a Mexican appeals court ruled Friday that it had enough evidence to charge him with genocide in connection with his role in putting...
As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day on July 4, JURIST Guest Columnists David Crane and Fred Bryant, former senior legal officials in the US Defense Department, say that the United States cannot win either the war in Iraq or...
The Japanese Supreme Court Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni shrine , according to a court spokesperson who did not provide details on the...
Australia 'distressed' over release of cleric jailed for 2002 Bali bombing
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday that the country was "extremely disappointed" and "distressed" at the release from prison of Abu Bakar Bashir , the Indonesian Muslim cleric jailed in connection to the 2002 Bali...
Defense lawyers in the Saddam Hussein trial on Thursday accused US and Iraqi officials of illegally detaining four witnesses who testified Wednesday that chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Musawi had tried to bribe them to testify against Hussein...
Defense lawyers in the Saddam Hussein trial on Wednesday accused a prosecution witness of perjury and urged chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman to stop proceedings at the Iraqi High Criminal Court to investigate the credibility...
Election officials in Montenegro said Monday that over 55 percent of voters in Sunday's referendum endorsed seceding from Serbia and forming an independent nation. Montenegro's State Electoral Commission said that...
