A court in Montenegro on Wednesday sentenced four former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) soldiers to up to four years in prison for war crimes committed during the Croatian conflict. In a retrial of a 2010 case, the court found...
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A committee of the French Senate voted on Wednesday to oppose a law that would outlaw genocide denial , including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers....
The chairman of the UKDetainee Inquiry said Wednesday that his panel will not complete their investigation into torture allegations against British intelligence agents. In his statement, Judge Peter Gibson said that the Secretary of State for...
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) criticized the US human rights record, including the indefinite detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees, in a report made public on their website Sunday. The 90-page report,...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan began contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday after he refused to comply with a court order. The prime minister was ordered to appear in...
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in the UK said Thursday that there was not enough evidence to try British intelligence agents for alleged complicity in the torture of...
Prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) arrested the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party (JI) on Wednesday, alleging crimes against humanity committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 [Bangladesh...
A panel of three judges in the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled 2-1 Tuesday that West Virginia's congressional redistricting plan, signed into law last August, is unconstitutional. The Jefferson...
Vice president of Iraq Tariq al-Hashemi said Sunday that he will not return to Baghdad to stand trial on charges of inciting violence in the country. Al-Hashemi denies the charges and has moved...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday said that the Bahrain government should release prisoners detained during peaceful protests and focus on rebuilding national trust in the government. Pillay's statement follows a...
