Sudanese opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi was released from jail Tuesday, nearly four months after his January arrest. Al-Turabi was jailed for calling on the Sudanese people to start a popular uprising, similar to Tunisia [JURIST...
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The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in MBZ v. Clinton to determine whether the political question doctrine deprives a federal court of...
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday, shortly before he was to begin a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault ....
An amendment to Chinese law abolishing the death penalty for 13 crimes passed in February by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) went into effect on Sunday. The list...
US President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that earlier in the day a small team of US military personnel attacked a compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Montana v. Wyoming for Wyoming in a dispute with Montana over water rights to the Tongue and Powder...
China's government released human rights lawyer Teng Biao Friday after more than 70 days of detention, but this was quickly followed by reports that fellow human rights lawyer Li Fangping disappeared later in the afternoon under suspicious circumstances. Teng's...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged Uganda's government Sunday to stop using what she called excessive force against protesters, including opposition leader Kizza Beisgye . Pillay criticized the government's treatment...
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday denied a motion by Toyota to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed over the alleged sudden-acceleration...
