Turkey will impose trade sanctions on France if the French parliament adopts a bill that would criminalize the denial that the World War I-era massacre of Armenians in Turkey constitutes genocide, according to Turkish Prime Minister Recep...
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The Northern Ireland Assembly convened for the first time in more than three years Monday but adjourned after only an hour. The 108 members observed a moment of silence for a Catholic teenager clubbed to death by...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in four cases Monday, including eBay v. MercExchange , where the Court ruled that federal courts need not automatically issue a permanent...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia should undertake a series of reforms at its Scheveningen detention unit including reviewing arrangements to implement administrative court orders, separating detainees currently on trial or awaiting trial...
Saddam Hussein was formally charged Monday with murder, torture and illegally arresting 399 people in Dujail as part of a crackdown in the town after an assassination attempt on Hussein's life. Hussein's trial ...
Leading Monday's international brief, several civil and human rights groups have criticized the Indonesian government for its refusal to prosecute former Indonesian dictator General Suharto . Public officials say that Suharto's...
Leading UK human rights lawyers and activists are protesting the Blair governments readiness to limit the application of the Human Rights Act in the wake of a High Court decision last week that permitted...
Stephen Hadley , President Bushs national security advisor, defended the recently-exposed government program to collect data on private phone calls Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation, saying that it was legal and narrowly tailored....
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has sent a letter to new Home Secretary John Reid suggesting that "we...need to look again at whether primary legislation is needed to address the issue of Court rulings...
The Supreme Court of Israel on Sunday issued a 6-5 decision upholding the legality the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law , which limits the rights of Palestinians to live in Israel. The law, passed by the...
