The Honduran Office of the Prosecutor of Common Crimes indicted 24 supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya on charges of sedition and damages Friday. All 24 were accused of robbery, sedition,...
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American citizen John Yettaw, sentenced for swimming to and staying in the home of Myanmar opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi , is expected to be released on Sunday, according to an announcement on...
The Supreme Court of Argentina ruled Tuesday that individuals cannot be required to submit blood samples to test whether they were abducted as children during the "Dirty War" . The court issued two...
The Obama administration on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to overturn a district court order mandating disclosure of detainee abuse photos , alleging that this could lead to further violence in...
A Yemeni cleric and his assistant pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to provide financial support for Hamas and were sentenced to time served by the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York . After the...
The Obama administration is considering creating a maximum security prison that would hold both military and civilian detainees as well as a courtroom to accommodate remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to senior administration officials cited [AP...
Iran began the trial of 100 detained protesters from the post-election turmoil Saturday as former Iranian president Mohammad Ali Khatami decried the proceedings as a "show trial." Khatami said that the...
The Constitutional Tribunal of Portugal ruled 3-2 Friday that same-sex marriage is not a right guaranteed by the Portuguese Constitution , denying an appeal by a lesbian couple...
The Iraqi government announced on Friday the drafting of a law that proposes a framework to safeguard Iraqi journalists. The proposed law would offer greater protection to staff journalists than to freelancers and...
Protesters in more than 100 cities gathered Saturday to show opposition to the alleged Iranian human and civil rights violations which followed the nation's controversial presidential election . The Global Day of Action was...
