The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged Sudan to initiate an investigation into allegations of excessive force by government security forces against protesters...
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief on Thursday with the California Supreme Court arguing that undocumented immigrants should not be able to practice law in the US even if they...
A cousin of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic has admitted that he hid the accused war criminal in his house for five years, according to a local news agency. Branislav Mladic stated...
The Colombia Ministry of Justice on Friday announced a new initiative to solve the problem of overcrowding in the nation's prisons. INPEC , Colombia's prison institute, has begun the transfer of 800 inmates [Columbia...
A federal court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered Chevron and drilling company Transocean to suspend all oil drilling in Brazil within 30 days in the wake of two oil spills off the coast of Rio de Janeiro....
An Iraqi court on Thursday rejected a US extradition request for Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq. The court also ruled that Daqduq should be released immediately from his house arrest. In May an Iraqi...
Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday nullified the Contempt of Court Bill 2012 which was passed to shield the country's new prime minister from contempt charges. The bill was passed by the upper and lower houses...
A trial court in Minnesota ruled on Wednesday that the state's Defense of Marriage Act does not prohibit partners in same-sex couples from inheriting each other's assets. A judge for the Hennepin County District Court declared...
The Egyptian government announced Thursday that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Egyptian Tarek al-Sawah, 54, has been held at Guantanamo for 11...
