Human rights groups Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said they have evidence that the Sudanese army has committed war crimes in the country's South Kordofan region. Researchers from...
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Libyan troops used children as human shields to deter attacks by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reported Tuesday. A team of PHR investigators conducted several weeks of...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Monday issued a temporary injunction blocking an immigration law that was scheduled to take effect Thursday. "The court will issue detailed Memorandum Opinions...
Pakistani Judge Shahid Raffique on Saturday ordered that the property of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf be seized and his bank account frozen in connection with his alleged involvement in the assassination of former...
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled unanimously that a 3 percent cut to state workers' pay to fund the retiree health care benefits violates the Michigan Constitution . Specifically, the court ruled last Thursday...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a legislative decree on Sunday repealing earlier more restrictive laws on media. Legislative Decree No. 108 for 2011 lifts oppressive legislation which allowed for imprisoning journalists for...
Kenyan Registrar of the High Court Gladys Boss Shollei swore in the nation's first Supreme Court justices on Friday at a ceremony in the capital city Nairobi. The ceremony was attended by President Mwai Kibaki ...
Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said Saturday that approximately 100 people imprisoned for their participation in the massive 2009 presidential election protests have been pardoned and released by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [official profile; BBC...
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa announced on Sunday that he will dismiss charges against some of the protesters detained for their participation in pro-democracy demonstrations in the country. In a nationally televised speech , Khalifa...
The European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo announced Monday that US prosecutor John Clint Williamson will lead an investigation into allegations that Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci participated in an organ trafficking scheme...
