A Rwandan court has ordered that a defense investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be provisionally released from police custody, according to Friday media reports. Leonidas Nshogoza was arrested in June...

The Federal Court of Canada Thursday struck down a refugee agreement between Canada and the US, noting that the US does not meet international refugee protection requirements or respect international conventions against torture. Justice Michael...

Britain's Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission Friday ruled that the UK should remove the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) from its list of terrorist organizations. PMOI is Iran's main political opposition organization and...

European Union (EU) lawmakers adopted a legislative report Thursday to tighten gun control laws and establish an extensive firearms database. The new rules are the result of 18 months of negotiations between the European Parliament...

The Philippine House of Representatives Monday defeated an impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for alleged bribery, graft, corruption, and human rights abuses. The impeachment petition, filed by opposition lawmakers ...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday urged the government of Pakistan to return to the rule of law and restore democracy in the country, now under emergency rule . At a...

The Bangladesh Supreme Court Monday ordered a stay of the bail granted to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed , who has been charged by Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission with corruption, and most recently,...

The Israeli cabinet on Monday approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture of good will toward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in preparation for a US-sponsored peace conference , scheduled to begin at the...

The Sapporo District Court in Japan dismissed a lawsuit Monday filed by 33 people who claimed that the deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq was unconstitutional. According to the Kyodo news agency, the group, which included the late former...

The Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus has agreed to pay $50 million to settle more than 100 claims of sexual abuse by its Jesuit priests in Alaska. The claims involved 13 or 14 priests and...