A Moscow court on Monday began preliminary hearings in the posthumous trial against Russian whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . This case marks the first time that Russia will carry out a legal proceeding against a...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday began the trial of 94 people charged with plotting to overthrow the government. The group of defendants includes unnamed doctors, academics, lawyers and other professionals arrested over the...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the listing of polar bears as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) . Designation of the animal...

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday dismissed complaints against the assembly that drafted the country's new constitution, the official MENA news agency reported. The complaints had challenged the method for selecting members of the assembly...

Somali appeals court judge Mohamed Hassan Ali on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she had been raped by Somali government security forces and was consequently charged with defamation against the government. The judge found the evidence...

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura on Friday welcomed the recent ruling by Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to annul a previous ruling that would have prevented it from...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the government of Bangladesh and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party leadership to encourage an end to the violence wracking the country. Violence between...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday reduced the amount of damages that Samsung Electronics must pay Apple for infringing on Apple patents. In August...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld a 21-year-old federal law prohibiting gambling, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting. Judge Michael Shipp ruled...

Germany's lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag , on Friday approved a bill to broaden copyright protections for online material, especially news articles. The new law would not charge royalties to search engines, including Google [official website; JURIST...