A Russian historian who was researching his country's treatment of German prisoners of war during World War II was charged on Thursday with violating privacy laws. Mikhail Suprun was in the process of conducting research on the hardships faced...
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Turkish human rights and foreign relations are reportedly compromising the country's efforts toward European Union (EU) accession, receiving mixed reviews Wednesday in the European Commission's annual reports on enlargement strategy and candidate progress . According to...
HR 2892: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for thefiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, US House of Representatives, approved October 15, 2009 [a DHS spending bill containing provisions to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees...
The US House of Representatives voted 307-114 Thursday to approve legislation that would allow Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to US soil for prosecution. The measure was part of a...
Two of the victims of Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff sued the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in federal court on Wednesday, seeking $2.4 million in damages. The complaint , filed...
A court in China sentenced six individuals to death on Thursday for their part in the July riots in Urumqi , capital of China's Xinjiang province. The convictions stemmed from assaults that resulted in the deaths of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday reiterated her support for the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . In a statement to...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Wednesday that the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will begin on October...
Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications announced Wednesday that broadband Internet access would become a legal right for all citizens. Becoming the first country to institute such a policy, the agency...
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage . Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said that a trial is...
