Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the country's new constitution Thursday, which limits his power to dissolve the parliament, gives the legislature the right to form the government and enlarges the parliament from 75...
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Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Thursday approved the lifting of a ban on public gatherings of more than five people, according to Assembly President Meechai Ruchapan . The Council for National Security [official website, in...
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court in China, has encouraged Chinese courts to refrain from passing death sentences , telling judges to always lean toward life when possible . Xiao's...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) held a hearing Thursday to determine whether there was enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case against a Congolese militia leader. Thomas Lubanga [Trial Watch backgrounder;...
The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the acquittal of two Chechens accused of murdering Forbes magazine editor Paul Klebnikov in 2004 and ordered a new trial in the case. Kazbek Dukuzov and...
The Ethiopian government is responsible for the deaths of thousands of student protestors and demonstrators over the past 15 years, Judge Teshale Aberra told the Guardian in an interview Wednesday. Aberra, who was president of the Oromia Supreme Court...
US District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California on Wednesday blocked the enforcement of provisions of Proposition 83 , a measure approved Tuesday by 70 percent of state voters [results, CA...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday applauded the resignation of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a "step in the right direction" and urged Congress to launch an investigation ...
Martha Stewart , her company and its insurers are expecting to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit regarding Stewart's 2001 sale of ImClone Systems stocks one day before an FDA announcement resulted...
Thai Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said Thursday that newly installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont will likely lift martial law before he leaves for an international summit in Vietnam on November 18. Thailand [JURIST...
