A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged Turkish officials to respect journalists' freedom of expression . The international concern increased after the Turkish government...
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A defense lawyer representing former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday accused the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) of political bias during his closing arguments in Taylor's trial in...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday appealed a ruling in the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida declaring the health care reform law ...
Austrian authorities announced Friday they have arrested former Bosnian general Jovan Divjak under a 2008 international warrant issued by Serbian officials that accuses Divjak of war crimes. Divjak was arrested Thursday night at Vienna International Airport while traveling from...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene and Alford v. Greene on whether the...
The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department on Thursday upheld a lower court decision allowing the surviving spouse of a same-sex marriage to inherit the deceased spouse's estate. Kenneth Ranftle...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Bond v. United States on whether a criminal defendant may challenge the constitutionality...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Russian officials to reform institutions to protect the rule of law in Russia. Pillay claimed that the Russian people do not trust government institutions,...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a congressional hearing Thursday that Guantanamo Bay is unlikely to be closed because of security concerns. Responding to a question from the Senate Armed Forces Committee...
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Tuesday that it has formed a committee of judges and politicians to oversee amending the Egyptian constitution within the next 10 days. When the council assumed power on Sunday,...
