The Iraqi Council of Representatives on Monday delayed a vote to determine the future of non-US foreign troops in the country. On Saturday, the parliament rejected a draft law that would have permitted 6,000 troops...
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Russia's Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, gave final approval Monday to amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms for...
Australian authorities on Sunday removed the final restrictions against former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks . Hicks, who served more than five years in the military prison without a trial before pleading guilty to...
German government spokesperson Thomas Steg said Monday that Germany would consider taking in detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison if US President-elect Barack Obama closed the facility. Steg said that Germany supports closure of...
An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," and three other Saddam Hussein-era officials accused in a 1998 gas attack...
Iranian security forces on Sunday raided and closed the offices of a human rights group run by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi . The Iranian judiciary declared that the office of Ebadi's Center for...
The deposed president of Mauritania Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was freed from house arrest Sunday, according to Mauritanian officials. Abdallahi was picked up by military forces early Sunday at...
An Argentine court on Friday suspended its decision to release up to 20 suspects who are accused of committing human rights violations during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, known as the "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST...
Four white Zimbabwean farmers were charged Thursday with trespassing on state property for failing to vacate farms that were seized by the government. The charges are in defiance of a November ruling by the South African Development Community Tribunal...
The Iraqi parliament Saturday voted down a status of forces draft law which would have permitted 6,000 troops from the United Kingdom, Australia, Romania, El Salvador, and Estonia to remain in the country after the current UN...
