The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned a $156 million verdict awarded in 2004 by a federal jury to the family of a 17-year-old killed in the West Bank against several...

Chinese Human Rights Defenders said Saturday that human rights activist Hu Jia has been detained on charges of inciting subversion of state power . According to the advocacy group, Hu was arrested on Thursday in connection to "his...

Statement by David Hicks, December 29, 2008 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was released from an Australian prison Saturday. In an statement read by his lawyer, Hicks asked the media and public to respect his agreement not to speak on a...

A federal judge on Friday blocked an Oregon law that would allow same-sex couples to enter into contractual domestic partnerships . The law was scheduled to take effect on January 1, but US District...

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Friday served an indictment on politician Jacob Zuma , charging him with corruption, fraud, money laundering and racketeering. His trial is scheduled to begin in August. Earlier...

Agents of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet , were sentenced Friday for their role in the revenge killings of three political dissidents. Fifteen people were convicted in connection with the killings, which came after...

Six French aid workers were flown back to France Friday after they were sentenced to eight years of hard labor by a Chadian court earlier in the week for attempting to kidnap 103 African children. The workers,...

The interim parliament in Nepal voted Friday to end the nearly 240-year-old monarchy and to turn the nation into a republic. The vote supported an agreement reached earlier this week by representatives of Nepal's...

The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...