Guatemalan Judge Carol Flores ruled Thursday that ex-dictator Rios Montt must stand trial for charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The judge heard the prosecutor's initial statements Wednesday and decided Thursday that the evidence was sufficient to go...
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US Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of negligent dereliction of duty, ending the final court-martial resulting from a five-year investigation into the 2005 deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians [BBC...
Convicted Serbian war criminal Radovan Stankovic was arrested Saturday in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) after being on the run since May 2007 when he escaped from a Bosnia prison. Stankovic was convicted of multiple war...
Yemeni officials on Thursday amended a law that would have given complete immunity to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and all of his associates, limiting it to politically motivated crimes for Saleh's aides....
Myanmar released over 130 political prisoners Friday following announcement by the Burma State Media of a presidential pardon that will free a total of 651 prisoners. Among those released were Hitay Kywe and U Gambira, leaders of...
Yemen's newly appointed Council of Ministers on Sunday approved a draft law that would grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from any charges against him for alleged human rights...
The Western Judicial Military Circuit Court at Camp Pendleton heard opening statements Monday in the trial of the US Marine squad leader allegedly responsible for the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005. Staff Sgt. Frank...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a Washington law banning political action committees from taking donations of $5,000 or more in the last three weeks before an election...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously ruled that a law granting immunity from civil suits for telecommunications companies that assist government intelligence agencies is constitutional. The Federal Intelligence Surveillance...
The Poland Ministry of Interior announced Thursday a new amnesty program that will allow thousands of illegal immigrants to stay and work in Poland. The new policy will give illegal immigrants who have...
