Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for the revocation of blasphemy laws in Pakistan after a Christian woman was sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad ...
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A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the controversial Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning the courts from considering...
A Virginia circuit court judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit by two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting can proceed against school administrators, despite their claims of sovereign immunity. The judge...
The trial chamber of the Belgrade Higher Court's War Crimes Department convicted two men Monday whom prosecutors claim were involved in the deaths of about 700 Muslim civilians in 1992. The court sentenced former Zvormik mayor Branko Grujic [Bloomberg...
A top Chinese official on Monday called on the country's lawyers to promote law enforcement and social justice and encouraged lawyers, prosecutors and government officials to build a community of support and respect. During a meeting attended...
Voters in Madagascar have approved a new constitution that will lower the minimum age requirement for presidential candidates, according to provisional results released Monday by the country's electoral commission. According to preliminary results, nearly 74 percent of voters approved...
The Myanmar Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Monday filed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi challenging the government's dissolution of her National League of Democracy (NLD) , according to unnamed government officials....
Accused Nazi guard Samuel Kunz , 89, passed away in his home before he could be brought to trial for allegedly aiding in the killing of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people at the Belzec concentration camp...
The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg on Monday commenced the country's first piracy trial in 400 years against 10 accused Somali pirates on Monday. The suspects are...
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged the US and the UK to work towards the release of the last British Guantanamo Bay detainee, Shaker Aamer, whom AI claims is being arbitrarily detained....
