Chechnya secret prisons photos turned over to prosecutors: Russia rights group
A Russia-based international human rights group claimed Wednesday that it has turned over to authorities documentary proof of the existence of Russian-operated secret prisons in Chechnya which the group claimed to have discovered in a southern district...
The sole surviving hostage-taker in the 2004 Beslan school siege has filed an appeal of last week's guilty verdict with the Supreme Court of North Ossetia. Claiming Nurpashi Kulayev's conviction was "unlawful and...
Khodorkovsky back in solitary confinement for violating prison rules
Former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been placed in solitary confinement for violating a prison rule for the third time, Khodorkovsky's lawyer Denis Dyatlev said Monday. Khodorkovsky ...
Russian Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov unexpectedly quit Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin recommended to the Russian upper house - the Federation Council - that Ustinov be asked to step down from...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday issued an order lifting the confidentiality of its health records for Slobodan Milosevic , the former Yugoslav leader accused of war crimes and crimes...
Russia ex-nuclear minister suffers heart attack while being held on fraud charges
Former Russian nuclear minister Yevgeny Adamov suffered from a heart attack Thursday while in custody on fraud and abuse of office charges. Adamov's lawyers told Interfax news that although Adamov has received...
Iraq court says Saddam deputy PM Aziz wanted for crimes against humanity
The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) - formerly known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal - has issued two arrest warrants for former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz for crimes against humanity, according to...
A group of survivors of the September 2004 Beslan school siege in the Russia's North Ossetia republic announced Wednesday that they will appeal the guilty verdict against Nurpashi Kulayev , the sole...
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic died of natural causes on March 11 when guards found him dead in his prison cell at the detention center for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
A court in Moscow on Friday upheld a ban on an international gay pride parade scheduled to take place in the Russian capital on Saturday after gay activists appealed the decision of Moscow Mayor Yuri...
