The Supreme Court of Seychelles on Monday convicted a group of Somali pirates , sentencing them to 10 years in prison. The 11 men were apprehended in the Indian Ocean following the attempted hijacking [BBC...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on the US government to provide greater protection for those with mental disabilities in the US immigration system. In a joint report, "Deportation...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday released a partially redacted opinion on the habeas corpus petition of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi ,...
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) announced Sunday that it had issued four arrest warrants for the leaders of the Islamist group Jamaat e Islami (JI) for crimes committed during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . The ICT was established...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Monday that the Afghan War Diaries , a compilation of 91,000 documents leaked to the organization on the US war effort in Afghanistan, may provide evidence of war crimes committed by...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday handed down its first conviction in the case of former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav [case...
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that a Federal Court decision calling for the government to protect the rights of Omar Khadr while in US custody overstepped judicial...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday stated his willingness to consider changes to a law that allows the military to interfere in domestic matters. Article 35 of Turkish Armed Forces Services Law, which...
Israel will likely not cooperate with a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation to look into an Israeli military raid of a flotilla in Gaza that took place at the end of May. While the Israeli government...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Friday granted a preliminary injunction against an amendment to an Arizona law regarding health benefits for the families...
