UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson announced Thursday that the government of Pakistan considers US drone strikes to be "counter-productive, contrary to international law, and a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday upheld The Pirate Bay (TPB) co-founders' criminal conviction for aiding copyright infringement on the Internet, unanimously declaring their application inadmissible. Co-founders Peter...

A Cambodian appeals court on Thursday reduced the jail term of Mam Sonando, a prominent radio host and government critic, who was convicted of inciting rebellion and sentenced to 20 years in prison last October. The Phnom...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that evictions carried out in Spain under harsh property repossession laws violate EU consumer protection laws. According to the ECJ, Spain's laws contravene EU laws [press...

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a Virginia anti-sodomy law on Tuesday, a decade after it was invalidated by a US Supreme Court decision in...

Khmer Rouge Deputy Foreign Minister and co-founder Ieng Sary , who was on trial for war crimes in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for his involvement...

Google agreed Wednesday to a $7 million settlement for its collection of improper data during the course of its Street View campaign. The settlement arose from a suit brought by the attorneys general of...

An Argentine court in Buenos Aires sentenced former military general Reynaldo Bignone on Tuesday to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the nation's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" . In addition,...

The New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage , bringing the bill one vote closer to becoming law. The bill was approved by a vote of 77-44, in the second of...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona has upheld the constitutionality of an Arizona law prohibiting public schools from offering courses that teach ethnic solidarity, a law which targeted...