A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to the constitutionality of a second execution attempt filed by death row inmate...
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A panel of the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a law criminalizing sedition violates the guarantees of free speech and freedom of the press under the Ugandan Constitution . The law made it a...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized methods used by the government of Yemen in counter-terror operations as violations of human rights. In a report, "Yemen: Cracking Down Under Pressure," the...
The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on Wednesday announced that it had issued arrest warrants for former government officials in relation to the extrajudicial killing of several inmates following a 2007 prison riot. The CICIG...
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday confirmed that it had issued genocide charges against four former Bosnian Serb soldiers in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The indictment alleges that...
The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Wednesday replaced seven justices who had been boycotting sessions. The judges, affiliated with the opposition Liberal Constitutionalist Party, had been boycotting the court for 10 months following...
Chinese authorities have delayed the trial of prominent Tibetan writer Tra Gyal, according to a Friday release by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) . According to the group, Tra Gyal has been held in Xining...
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainland...
A US military officer on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the military from discharging him under "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) . The lawsuit, filed in the US District...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday refused to issue a stay pending appeal on last week's decision overturning Proposition 8, the California ban on same-sex marriage...
