The Cuban government announced Friday that the country will grant amnesty to and free 2,900 prisoners including those convicted of political crimes. The announcement was motivated by humanitarian concerns , in an effort by President Raul Castro to...
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The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Saturday criticized the outcome of the appeals case for former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , announced December 23. Ashton...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday rejected a controversial South Carolina voter identification law . The DOJ has authority under the Voting Rights Act to screen new voter laws...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Thursday signed into law a bill prohibiting public employers from providing medical or other fringe benefits to their employees' domestic partners. Snyder provided a signing statement noting...
A US military court heard closing arguments Thursday at the pre-trial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning , which will determine whether he will face a court martial for his alleged role in the largest intelligence...
A Chinese court Friday sentenced human rights advocate Chen Wei to nine years in prison, the toughest ruling issued this year in the ongoing government crackdown on dissidents, rights activists and protest organizers. Chen, 42, was sentenced after a...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that financier Allen Stanford is mentally competent to stand trial for orchestrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme affecting investors in both the US and Latin America. The decision came...
Victims of Thailand's flood crisis filed a complaint Thursday with Thailand's Central Administrative Court alleging that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and state agencies caused further damage during one of the countries worst floods. The complaint...
On Thursday, former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced that she will discontinue all appeals and that she will solely rely on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Thursday blocked portions of South Carolina's controversial immigration law . The legislation requires police officers to check a suspect's immigration...
