Defense lawyers for Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi presented their closing arguments Friday with the prosecution expected to offer its closing arguments Monday. Suu Kyi was reportedly disappointed with...
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) must provide an accounting in a 13-year class action lawsuit [plaintiffs' website;...
Terrorism suspects should be prosecuted in US federal courts instead of military commissions, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights First . The report, prepared by two former federal prosecutors, claims that...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday reversed the contempt conviction of Astrit Haraqija and affirmed the conviction of Bajrush Morina for interfering with...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should require the Sri Lankan government to address human rights abuses as a condition for a USD $2.5 billion emergency loan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. HRW...
The trial of Mumbai terror attack suspect Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab will continue in an Indian court, despite Kasab's admission of guilt , a judge ruled Thursday. Judge ML Tahilyani ruled that Kasab's...
The US government has turned down requests from two separate UN investigators to visit the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post reported Thursday. UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak and UN special...
The US Senate on Wednesday dismissed articles of impeachment for former federal judge Samuel Kent . The decision to terminate impeachment proceedings came after the White House accepted Kent's resignation last...
Computer chip maker Intel Corp. on Wednesday filed an appeal with the European Court of First Instance challenging a May European Commission (EC) ruling fining Intel 1.06 billion for violating European Union...
Federal immigration agents conducting home raids have committed numerous constitutional violations, according a report released Wednesday by the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Cardozo School of Law. The report found that, since 2006, US Immigration...
