The judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa have filed a complaint with the country's judicial disciplinary body, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) , alleging that the top judge in the Cape High...
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A proposed anti-terror bill that would allow British law enforcement authorities to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days should not be passed as it could set a bad precedent for...
A federal judge in California subpoenaed a Washington Times reporter Saturday, ordering him to reveal the government sources he used for a 2006 story about a Chinese spy ring. Defense and national security reporter William Gertz cited...
US federal authorities are prosecuting significantly more illegal immigrants than in past years, at least partly because of a 2005 zero-tolerance initiative allowing agents to charge almost all illegal immigrants with minor crimes, according to a report [text; press...
An Iranian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison after police arrested him last year for collecting signatures in a Tehran park in support of women's rights, his lawyer said Sunday....
Swiss voters Sunday rejected by roughly 64-36 percent a referendum initiative that would have allowed municipalities control over granting Swiss passports without the possibility of appeal...
Bangladesh police have arrested dozens of politicians since Friday in a renewed anti-corruption drive. The drive comes amid an even wider crackdown in which authorities have arrested more than 1,600 political activists and...
The Election Commission of Pakistan Sunday cleared former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother to run in the June 26 by-elections. Sharif was barred from running in the February...
Former attorney general for England and Wales Lord Peter Goldsmith said Sunday in a Telegraph op-ed that extending the time for which terror suspects can be detained by British police without charge from 28 to 42 days would...
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed ,...
