Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Monday that the government would amend an existing federal law preventing convicted criminals from profiting from their offenses if it became apparent that it allowed Guantanamo detainee David Hicks to sell his...
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The number of executions worldwide dropped in 2006 from 2,148 the year previous to 1,591, according to new statistics issued by Amnesty International. Over 90 percent of the year's executions were conducted in six countries: Iran,...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Microsoft v. AT&T , where the Court held that Microsoft was not liable for patent infringement under...
International judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Monday that the Khmer Rouge genocide trials can move forward after the Cambodian Bar Association (BAKC) agreed to dramatically reduce...
Former CIA director George Tenet repeatedly denied that torture has been used during interrogations of terror suspects in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes that aired Sunday....
China is not doing enough to remedy human rights abuses prior to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, according to a report released by Amnesty International Monday. The group criticized China for the...
As some 700,000 secularist Turks took to the streets of Istanbul Sunday demanding the resignation of Turkey's government, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul , a member of the ruling Islamist-rooted Justice...
German lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck says that he will refile a war crimes complaint against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Spain with the help of Spanish counterparts after the German Federal Prosecutor's office...
China's government continued its campaign against corrupt public officials Sunday by unveiling a set of new rules aimed at ensuring the integrity of public servants. The proposed 55-article regulation will take effect on June 1. The...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday that NATO will investigate allegations of human rights violations committed by Afghan prison officials. Scheffer's comments follow allegations made by Canadian human...
