The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that while the treatment of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr violated his rights, the government does not have to press for his...
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A Nigerian court ruled Friday that ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is not required to formally transfer his powers to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan or any other interim leader. The Federal High Court in Abuja...
The White House is considering moving the trials of alleged 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile terror suspects out of New York City, a senior official said Friday. Although the deputy press secretary reaffirmed...
A French public prosecutor on Friday announced plans to appeal the acquittal of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , which cleared him of all charges for his role in an alleged plot...
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that he believes the ICC's appeals chamber will add a genocide charge to the case against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC...
A Vietnamese court sentenced writer and democracy activist Pham Thanh Nghien to a four-year prison term on Friday on charges of spreading anti-state propaganda. Foreign observers were not permitted to attend the trial, which took place in the city...
Kenya's Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Thursday recommended eliminating the position of prime minister in the country's draft constitution . Other PSC proposals include an expanded parliament, with some seats guaranteed to women, a...
Malaysia's Kuching High Court has issued an injunction to stop a company from destroying the homes of indigenous Malaysians. Last week, state-government agents began tearing down Iban houses on land controlled by the native Iban...
US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp said Thursday that no US president is likely to present the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...
Ireland's restrictive abortion laws increase health risks to women and expose them to deliberate misinformation about abortion procedures, according to a report released on Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Ireland's current...
