The government of Georgia freed 190 people considered by parliament to be political prisoners on Sunday under an amnesty agreement. The amnesty was opposed by President Mikhail Saakashvili and has intensified a power struggle within the country....
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Sudan to end its crackdown against political and cultural groups. In December Sudanese authorities shut down four organizations in Khartoum that promoted cultural diversity, democracy and human rights....
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday signed an order to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from office for alleged corruption and bribery. The president's action comes just two days after the Sri Lankan Parliament ...
An Egyptian appeals judge on Sunday overturned former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's conviction and life sentence and ordered a retrial for the former president on the charge of failure to prevent the killing of...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in six new cases on Friday. In Salinas v. Texas the court will consider the boundaries of the Fifth Amendment right to remain...
Greece's Hellenic Parliament approved new tax legislation on Saturday so that the country can pay back loans so that it can continue receiving financial aid. The new legislation would bring the new top-tier tax level to 42...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday called on the Venezuela government to end its censorship and intimidation of media that challenge official reports regarding President Hugo Chavez . Chavez supporters are...
Mali interim president Dioncounda Traore , while under pressure from Mali's military, declared a state of emergency on Friday after Islamist rebels on Thursday captured the town of Konna. Traore called for [CNN...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve are expected next week to issue a cease-and-desist order to JPMorgan Chase & Co. to improve its systems and procedures for monitoring...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Friday for a UN commission to examine human rights abuses in North Korea . The rights group stated that little has changed within the totalitarian government since Kim Jong-un ...
