Somalia and Myanmar rank as the world's most corrupt nations in 2007 according to the latest annual Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday. The index ranked 180 countries based on observations by businesspeople and...
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A Russian court began hearings against a renowned political commentator Tuesday, with prosecutors using expanded anti-extremism laws originally designed to combat racism and xenophobia but broadened in July to include activities taken for "political or ideological hatred."...
Violence erupted in Myanmar Wednesday as police opened fire on a crowd of 10,000 demonstrators, leaving as many as eight dead. Up to 300 protesters were arrested in the fray, including many Buddhist monks. The violence...
Brandon Mayfield, Mona Mayfield, et al., v. United States of America, US District Court for the District of Oregon, September 26, 2007 [ruling that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act that deal with physical search and electronic eavesdropping are...
The European Union is monitoring possible human rights violations in Bangladesh , the Bangladeshi New Age reported Wednesday. The paper quoted Netherlands EU ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher as saying that the EU is concerned about several particular...
Haitian President Rene Preval Tuesday declared his intent to continue investigating former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier , despite the latter's recent plea for forgiveness from the people of Haiti . Duvalier, who became president in 1971...
Approximately 2000 lawyers and activists, led by the Malaysian Bar Council , launched a large protest in Malaysia's capital, Wednesday, calling for an investigation into judicial corruption. Unrest has grown in the country following last week's...
Egypt Wednesday called US criticism of its alleged rights violations "unacceptable," labeling a Monday White House statement about the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid as "interference" in...
US President George W. Bush Tuesday withdrew John Rizzo as the White House nominee for CIA general counsel in light of concerns from Democrats over Rizzo's support for certain interrogation techniques. During a hearing on...
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi urged all nations to institute a moratorium on capital punishment in an address delivered to the UN General Assembly Tuesday. Prodi said that such action would mark great progress in...
