US President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the US will support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People . The declaration, adopted in 2007, is a non-binding treaty outlining the global human rights...
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A Turkish court on Thursday began the trial of nearly 200 military officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The 2003 Balyoz Security Operation Plan , or "Sledgehammer" plot ,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Ireland failed to provide "effective and accessible procedures" to allow a Lithuanian women to assert her constitutional right to a lawful abortion ....
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Thursday asked Polish prosecutors to investigate claims that he was abused in a secret CIA prison in the country. Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda suspect, alleges that he...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced former Guyana parliament member Abdul Kadir to life in prison for plotting to blow up John F...
Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , accused of attempting to set off an explosive device on a flight last December, was arraigned Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [official...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that a 1979 Brazilian amnesty law is invalid and that Brazil is responsible for...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday voted to remove sanctions imposed on Iraq between 1991 and 2003 during the country's wars under former Iraqi dictator Suddam Hussein . The Security Council approved three...
An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, increasing their sentences. Former Milan CIA station chief...
The US House of Representatives voted 250-175 Wednesday to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) , which prohibits openly gay men and women from...
