Spain's National Court agreed Tuesday to hear a suit filed by pro-Tibet advocacy groups alleging that seven Chinese officials committed acts of genocide in connection with China's attempts to suppress protests against Chinese rule in...
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The first woman scheduled to stand trial in the US on charges related to suspected al-Qaeda ties has been extradited to the US and appeared before the District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday...
The US State Department on Monday criticized Egypt's sentencing of Saad Eddin Ibrahim to two years in prison for defaming the country. Ibrahim has been a prominent human rights activist and outspoken critic of...
A South African judge on Tuesday delayed a ruling on whether to drop corruption charges against politician Jacob Zuma until September 12 in order consider Zuma's argument that he should have been consulted before the...
Meetings between Guantanamo Bay detainees and representatives of their governments may have been recorded, according to a Tuesday Washington Post report . In 2002 and 2003, the US State Department advised foreign delegations that their meetings...
Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , said on Monday that he has filed three separate motions to dismiss the case against his client due to alleged government misconduct....
The prosecution for the military commissions trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan moved Tuesday for the judge to recall the jury and issue new instructions on what constitutes a war crime. Prosecutors said...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday criticized proposed constitutional amendments put forth by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe that would strip the country's High Court of the authority...
US President George Bush on Monday signed into law the Libyan Claims Resolution Act , which allows the Secretary of State to settle remaining civil claims brought by US citizens against Libya for bombings allegedly carried out...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deployed about 3,000 military troops to major Italian cities on Monday in a movement designed to reduce crime throughout the country. The plan...
