UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono , resigned from his position Monday, saying that Israel has not granted him access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory after repeated...
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The head of the UK's Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) , charged with looking into alleged abuses committed during the war in Iraq, said Saturday that UK soldiers may face prosecution for war crimes. Mark Warwick, a former police...
The European Commission (EC) on Sunday expressed its intentions to debate Poland's new law on control of state-run media after Warsaw seized control of public broadcasters. The debate , scheduled to be held on January 13, is...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) formally closed Thursday after issuing 45 judgments. The ICTR, established in 1994, was the first international tribunal to deliver verdicts against those guilty of committing genocide. Within...
The first of 17 detainees are scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison next week, said a senior US official on Monday. There will be 90 detainees remaining, 59 of whom are ineligible to be transferred...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked four recently elected lawmakers from taking their seats in the General Assembly . Three are anti-government and one is member of the socialist party ....
Gambia's parliament approved a bill on Thursday banning female genital mutilation (FGM) and setting high penalties of imprisonment and fines for offenders. The passage of the law comes a month after Gambian President Yahya Jammeh condemned...
Saudi Arabian officials said Saturday that the government has executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including al Qaeda detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric who rallied protesters against the government. The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, which has already...
Three book authors and their advocacy organization, the Authors Guild , challenged Google's massive book-copying and search project before the US Supreme Court . The petition alleges that Google, in cooperation with various university libraries, took essentially...
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary injunction on Wednesday on an order from Utah Governor Gary Herbert which would have ended the state's contract with Planned Parenthood and cut federal funding...
