An Indonesian court on Thursday ordered lawyers for the government and former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto to attempt mediation for 30 days to settle the government's civil lawsuit against Suharto for allegedly embezzling $440...

The Mauritanian National Assembly formally criminalized slave ownership Wednesday, unanimously adopting legislation that makes slavery punishable by a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The law also criminalizes the promotion or defense of slavery, which will be punishable...

Human rights violations in Zimbabwe have steadily increased with more than 5,300 recorded cases of human rights abuses during the first six months of 2007, according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum . In a report published...

The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General announced the indictment Wednesday of anchoring and fastening product manufacturer Power Fasteners on one count of involuntary manslaughter for the July 10, 2006, ceiling panel collapse...

The Chinese Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Kunming, Yunnan sentenced the former deputy director of the province's transportation department to life in prison Wednesday for accepting more than $5.3 million in bribes in exchange for his influence in securing...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion Wednesday with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court asking the court to "disclose recent legal opinions discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in...

The Namibian High Court on Wednesday sentenced 10 defendants to prison terms ranging from 30 to 32 years after they were convicted of high treason for their roles in the 1999 Caprivi uprising . The 10, who were...

US Staff Sgt. Michael A. Hensley has refused to accept a plea agreement and maintains his innocence on allegations that he and two other soldiers killed three unarmed Iraqis and then placed weapons next to the bodies,...

French lawyer Francois Roux was sworn in Wednesday to defend former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Khek lev , also known as Duch, in his trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ....

A federal jury in California convicted former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes Tuesday in the first stock options backdating case to go to trial. The jury found Reyes guilty of conspiracy, securities fraud,...