A group of independent UN experts on Tuesday urged the government of El Salvador to reconsider its strict abortion ban in light of a recent ruling by its Supreme Court The decision denied...
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A panel of UN human rights experts on Tuesday issued their latest report on the Syria conflict , detailing escalating war crimes committed by both sides. Both France and the US have...
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday gave prosecutors until November 15 to develop their evidence against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Ggabo is the first former head of...
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law amendments to the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (SVA) , which makes it a federal crime to lie about having received a military medal or honor. The amendments...
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 foreign and domestic non-governmental organization (NGO) employees of promoting democracy in Egypt without proper documentation and of receiving funds from abroad in violation of Egyptian law. Those convicted include Europeans, Egyptians, other...
New York resident Sulejman Mujagic has been extradited to his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for war crimes committed in the 1990s, officials said Monday. His extradition is the result of charges for allegedly killing...
A Bahrain court on Monday issued sentences to three protesters for allegedly taking part in anti-government protests as well as attempting to kill a police officer. The crimes were committed during an attack on police in the...
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the government of Japan on Monday came to an agreement to increase efforts to combat drug and human trafficking in Africa and Southeast Asia. The...
The US Department of Justice case against Apple began in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday with an attorney for the department claiming that Apple's conspiring...
Ali Kosheib, former militia leader turned officer of the Sudan Central Reserve Police, was spotted in an attack against Salamat communities in Central Darfur in April, according to Human Rights Watch...
