The interim government of Bangladesh imposed a curfew Wednesday after three days of student protests against the military-backed interim government resulted in hundreds of injuries and one death. The riots first began at the University of...

A lawyer for recently released Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari said Wednesday that national security charges are still pending against Esfandiari and that a trial is expected. Esfandiari was released from Iranian custody on bail...

The Iraqi High Tribunal judge presiding over the crimes against humanity trial of 15 former Iraqi officials ejected two defendants from the courtroom Wednesday for failing to follow the rules of court. During the first...

Sudan has issued a decree abolishing legal immunities that protect police from criminal prosecution, the Sudanese government said Tuesday. The decree, issued by the police director general, allows police officers to be tried for crimes but...

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 400th execution in Texas, August 21, 2007 [urging Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences...

The Venezuelan National Assembly gave preliminary approval Tuesday to comprehensive constitutional reforms introduced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week. No word was available on how many legislators voted for...

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday urged Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state , and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences in Texas. According to the statement from...

The US Defense Department's controversial Threat and Local Observation Notice system, or TALON database , will be discontinued on September 17 but the data it has collected will be retained in...

Lawyers in Kenya are now ranked as the ninth most corrupt group in the country, according to the Kenya Bribery Index 2007, a report released Tuesday by Transparency International (TI) . The annual Kenya Bribery Index ...

An Indonesian court Tuesday dismissed a class action lawsuit that sought to dismantle the Indonesian police's anti-terror unit, ruling that the allegations that the department violated human rights by targeting Muslims and torturing suspects were too vague to proceed....