More than 560 inmates in Kosovo's Dubrava Prison began a hunger strike Sunday to protest poor conditions at the prison and to pressure the government to pass an anticipated amnesty law. The inmates have demanded...

A coalition of international and African human rights groups Monday criticized Senegal for delays in the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and called on the African...

An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program, US DOJ Office of the Inspector General, June 24, 2008 [finding that the US Department of Justice improperly granted preferential treatment...

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed a petition Monday asking the court not to consider releasing suspected war criminal Thomas Lubanga . The petition also seeks leave from...

The UN Security Council condemned the increasing violence against opposition activists and politicians in Zimbabwe in a presidential statement issued Monday. The statement calls on the government of Zimbabwe to "stop the violence, to cease political...

The UK House of Commons and the House of Lords Monday approved a draft order to remove the opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from the country's list of prohibited...

Corruption and repression are increasingly threatening legal rights in former Soviet republics like Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, according to a Monday report released by rights group Freedom House . The group said that Russia especially...

The Supreme Court of Israel Monday denied a request to suspend the opening of border crossings between the country and the Palestinian Gaza Strip . The appeal was made by the father of Sgt. Gilad Schalit...

The Pakistan National Assembly Sunday passed a bill which not only approved the country's 2008-2009 budget, but also expanded the membership of the country's Supreme Court from 16 to 29 justices. Passage of the so-called...

Special national security courts to try terrorism suspects are "unnecessary" and "dangerous to traditional constitutional protections," according to a report issued Monday by the Constitution Project . The report was endorsed by a...