Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court on Wednesday sentenced opposition figure and former Iranian foreign minister Ebrahim Yazdi to eight years in prison for attempting to act against national security. Yazdi was also banned from civic activities for five years [AFP...

Chinese housing activist and lawyer, Ni Yulan, and her husband, Dong Jiqin, went on trial Thursday on charges of fraud and "inciting a disturbance" in Beijing. Lying on a stretcher and relying on an oxygen machine , Ni...

Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno (R) , a supporter of statehood, signed legislation establishing a two-part referendum on Wednesday that would allow Puerto Ricans to voice their opinions regarding Puerto Rico's political...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a report on Wednesday strongly criticizing the human rights record of a number of countries including the United States. Twenty pages of the 90-page report focus on the United...

Philippine authorities filed a second criminal complaint against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , the former Philippine president who has been under hospital arrest for previous charges of corruption and electoral fraud. The second complaint alleges...

The Obama administration, arguing as amicus curiae in Perry, et al. v. Perez, et al., pressed the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a redistricting map drawn by the Texas legislature which was not...

Navy rear Adm. David Woods , commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, has proposed a new rule that would require military officials to review all legal correspondence between lawyers and the detainees accused of...

An Egyptian court on Wednesday resumed the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak after a month-long adjournment. The trial was adjourned in October in order to allow the court time...

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Human Rights Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) issued two reports on Tuesday detailing activities such as torture...

The US has extradited Rasema Handanovic, a woman accused of killing Bosnian Croat civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War , according to US officials Tuesday. Handanovic, along with Edin Dzeko who was extradited last week, served...