US Air Force Major Margaret Witt, who was discharged under the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy, will become the first openly gay person to serve in the US military after...
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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld restrictions on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. The German state of Saxony-Anhalt had challenged the 2008 law, which requires "buffer zones"...
A court in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday sentenced 19 ethnic Uzbeks for their involvement in the June 2010 ethnic violence that resulted in more than 300 deaths and an additional 2,000 injuries. Seventeen of the...
The Federal Court of Malaysia , the country's highest court, on Wednesday rejected a defamation suit filed by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim against former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad . Anwar...
A lawyer for former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein , Tariq Aziz filed a petition Tuesday asking Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [BBC profile; JURIST news...
Alleged Nazi death camp prison guard John Demjanjuk issued a statement on Tuesday accusing the German judges conducting his trial of bias after the they rejected a number of defense petitions. In total,...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed her concern over Iran's crackdown on human rights defenders. Pillay expressed particular concern for Nasrin Sotoudeh, the human rights lawyer who has been conducting hunger...
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Monday that defendants with limited English proficiency have a constitutional right to court interpreters in criminal trials. The court's decision overturned the Georgia Court of Appeals ruling...
The Israeli Knesset approved legislation Monday that would require referendums on peace treaties involving ceding land that the country has annexed. In a 65-33 vote, the legislature decided that a referendum would be required for...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday declined to rehear en banc a bid by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to overturn a decision that prevents...
