Opinion No.2/2007 (Myanmar), UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 29, 2007 . Read...

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., US Supreme Court, May 29, 2007 [holding that an employee cannot bring a lawsuit for pay discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for alleged discriminatory actions that occurred...

UK government terrorism law watchdog Lord Carlile of Berriew Tuesday warned against the country opting out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in the process of adopting tougher anti-terrorism legislation and...

Three Russian deputy police chiefs charged with criminal negligence in connection with their conduct during the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis in which over 300 civilians were killed received amnesty from a...

A South Korean appellate court Tuesday upheld the conviction of two Samsung executives connected with illegal stock trading . Tae-Hak Huh and Ro-Bin Park were convicted of breach of duty in 2005 for selling a controlling...

An Iranian appeals court has acquitted human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani of charges related to espionage after he spent seven months in prison, Soltani said Monday. According to Soltani, the appeals court held that there...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation into a proposed purchase of advertising management technology company DoubleClick Inc. by Google Inc. for possible anti-trust violations, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Google...

Jordan's High Judiciary Board appointed Ihssan Barakat as Chief of the Court of First Instance Monday, marking the first time a woman will preside over a team of judges in the country. Barakat said that "this is...

UN human rights envoy Yash Ghai arrived in Cambodia Tuesday to prepare his latest report on the country's rights situation but encountered opposition from Cambodian authorities who claim that Ghai's previous reports were distorted....

The Supreme Court of Pakistan will not be influenced by post-judgment possibilities in deciding the petition filed by suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , presiding Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said in court...