The Miyazaki District Court in Japan dismissed a lawsuit Monday by a group of Chinese men who claim they were forced to work as slave laborers during World War II because the 20-year deadline for filing...
READ MORE ▸
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) Monday denounced a threatened boycott by four international judges appointed to the tribunal set to prosecute former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide as a "childish...
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be arraigned Monday as the first prisoner charged under the new Military Commissions Act passed by the US Congress last year. Lawyers...
Top GOP senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) expressed concern Sunday about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' credibility in the wake of Friday document disclosures [JURIST...
A Libyan court Sunday postponed for the second time the criminal defamation trial of six foreign medics accused of slandering three Libyan police agents and a Libyan doctor. Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were...
European Union leaders marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Sunday by signing a declaration aimed at revitalizing efforts to pass an European constitution . The non-binding Berlin Declaration...
Pakistani police have arrested hundreds of opposition activists suspected of planning future demonstrations against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's controversial suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , according to Pakistan opposition leaders Sunday. The Pakistani...
The UN Security Council unanimously voted Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran for continuing to enrich uranium in violation of a December 2006 resolution. Security Council Resolution 1747 broadens the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a civil contempt ruling against former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian Friday, rejecting al-Arian's argument that his plea...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Saturday defended proposed constitutional amendments - including those that will prohibit religious political parties and give the state sweeping power to prosecute terror-related offenses in special courts -...
