The US Senate voted 51-48 Wednesday to adopt an amendment to a new anti-terror bill , weakening union rights that would be granted to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners under the bill. President Bush...
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The European Court of Human Rights held a hearing Thursday to determine the admissibility and merits of a case filed in 2003 by 159 children of Norwegian mothers and German fathers born during World War...
China accused the US of numerous human rights abuses on Thursday in its Human Rights Record of the US in 2006 , the Chinese state response to US criticism in Tuesday's publication of the...
The UK House of Commons backed two different proposals Wednesday on reforming the upper house of parliament , the House of Lords . Members of the House of Lords currently are appointed or...
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be arraigned before a US military commission on March 20, marking his first commission appearance after over five years in US detention. Australian Prime Minister John Howard...
The French Constitutional Council has upheld a law banning anyone other than professional reporters from filming or broadcasting acts of violence. Violators would face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (US$98,537). French...
A Turkish court Wednesday ordered telecom providers in the country to block access to YouTube because of videos insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk . The controversial videos have caused an uproar...
British Muslim Abdul Muhid was convicted in London Wednesday of two counts of inciting murder at a protest outside outside the Danish embassy in London last year. Muhid and associate Anjem Choudary were charged last...
A court in East Timor Wednesday found former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato guilty of promoting violence during the military riots in the country last year. The three judges hearing the case sentenced Lobato to seven-and-a-half years...
Judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) have begun a 10-day meeting to craft an agreement on judicial rules to govern the anticipated Khmer Rouge genocide trials [JURIST news...
