An appeals court in Uzbekistan on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison term for human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva , even though prosecutors had recommended a more lenient sentence. Tojiboyeva, a prominent critic of Uzbekistan President...
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Ireland broke European law by asking the United Nations to arbitrate its claim against the United Kingdom in respect of the Sellafield nuclear power plant , an EU court ruled Tuesday....
AP is reporting that a jury in Rockville, Md. has convicted Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad of six counts of murder. The jurors heard four weeks of testimony in the trial, in which Muhammad...
The criminal justice system in Kosovo is failing, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday in a report focusing on the criminal justice response to renewed violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians...
Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday approved October 15 as the date for new elections just three weeks after the country's Constitutional Court annulled last month's parliamentary elections , finding that the Election Commission unconstitutionally organized...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams , 05-1256, a case involving the damages awarded in a wrongful death action against Philip...
A group that opposes South Dakota's abortion ban announced Tuesday that it has gathered more than enough signatures to prevent the July 1 enactment of the law and place it on the ballot in November. The South...
US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee , said Tuesday that he intends to draft legislation that would shield congressional documents and materials from being seized in searches similar to the...
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that he is willing to revise Australia's new sedition laws , particularly the use of the word "sedition," after the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) ...
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Tuesday that he is taking control of national security and defense in response to the increasing and often violent unrest related to the March firing...
