Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Libyan government to find a way, amid security concerns, to grant access to a lawyer to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased former dictator Muammar Gaddafi...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that an asylum seeker may not be transferred to a member state if there is a risk he will be subjected to inhumane treatment....
The Russia Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights under President Dmitry Medvedev called for the prosecutor general to petition to annul the conviction of ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday sentenced former Rwandan political party leaders, Matthieu Ngirumpatse and Edouard Karemera, to life in prison for their role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide ....
Lawyers for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich filed notice Tuesday that they will appeal his conviction and 14-year sentence on corruption charges. Judge James Zagel of the US District Court for the Northern District...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday upheld an EU law forcing foreign airlines using EU airports to pay fees for greenhouse gas emissions . The finding that the...
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled on Monday for Apple on a patent complaint against HTC for infringing its "data tapping" patents. The USITC found that...
Hungary's Constitutional Court on Monday struck down certain provisions of the country's recently passed media law as an unconstitutional restraint on press freedom. Rights groups had urged Hungary to amend [JURIST...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the brutal crackdown on protesters by military and security forces in Cairo. Since Friday the brutal suppression of demonstrations has led to...
China's government Friday announced that prominent civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng would be sent to prison for three years for violating his probation. Gao's sentence is the first sign that he is still alive...