Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said in a radio address Saturday that he expected lawmakers in the country's congress to reject a request from Ecuador's Supreme Court to lift his immunity so that...
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A Chinese draft law on criminal suspects' rights to meet with defense lawyers after questioning has been broadened to include cases involving state secrets, according to Chinese state media. A set of reforms to China's Law on Lawyers [text,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday urged the interim government of Bangladesh to respect international human rights standards as it enforces a curfew and seeks to police demonstrations. The government imposed the curfew...
China's cabinet, the State Council , is considering a regulation to ban non-medical sex-selective abortions in the country, according to a senior official quoted by state media sources Saturday. Wang Yongqing, deputy head of the Office of Legislative...
US Judge Advocates General told a group of Republican senators last month that CIA prisoner interrogation methods authorized under a July executive order issued by President Bush could contravene the Geneva Conventions, according to the Boston...
A court in the central Asian republic of Georgia , formerly part of the old Soviet Union, has sentenced 12 opposition activists to prison terms of up to eight-and-a-half years for participating in an alleged coup plot to...
The Alabama Attorney General's office said Friday that Attorney General Troy King would try to prevent the early release from a Maryland state prison of Arthur Bremer , the man who shot ex-Alabama Governor...
The Liberian Supreme Court ruled Friday that former interim Liberian President Gyude Bryant can stand trial on embezzlement charges. Bryant was charged in February with embezzling $1.3 million during his tenure from October 2003 until...
US Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler ordered 42 clergy sex abuse cases against the Catholic Diocese of San Diego to go to trial Friday, accepting arguments by plaintiffs lawyers that the move could push pressure on the...
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej formally signed the country's new constitution into law Friday. The constitution, put forward by the military-backed interim government, was approved in a national referendum last week....
