Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Egypt's military prosecutors to release Alaa Abd El Fattah , a blogger and activist who engaged in protests and accused the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF)...
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit urging the court to strike down Alabama's immigration law ....
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom on Tuesday said he will allow former president Alfonso Portillo to be extradited to the US for trial. The charges against Portillo in the US stem from accusations of...
Prosecutors with Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICTB) Monday filed an application for formal charges against the detained leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , alleging crimes against humanity committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of...
The Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday voted against hearing amendments that would have effectively freed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko by fining her rather than imposing a criminal sentence for the...
The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday allowing former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country despite accusations of corruption and electoral fraud. The court ruled 8 -...
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in Paris Tuesday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with a 2008 attack on a yacht. Then men are accused of capturing the...
The state of Louisiana on Monday filed suit directly with the US Supreme Court arguing that undocumented immigrants should not be counted in the US census for the purpose of determining seats in the US...
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) will hold a symbolic four-day war crimes trial against former US president George W. Bush, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and other...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday that, while she is personally opposed to same-sex marriage , the decision should be left to parliamentary vote . Gillard called on the Australian Labor Party [party...
