Russia's Investigative Committee on Friday, charged former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky with multiple murders and attempted murders during the 1990s according to the Interfax agency. Khodorkovsky is accused of...
Interpol agents on Thursday announced the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, who had a USD $5 million bounty . Ntaganzwa, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official...
The European Commission on Thursday initiated an infringement action against Hungary's new asylum law and the country's response to the refugee situation. Hungary recently erected a fence along its border to keep migrants from crossing...
Maurice Tomlinson, a Jamaican human rights activist, on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of Jamaica's Offences Against the Person Act of 1864 , which criminalizes consensual sexual conduct between men, in the Supreme Court of Jamaica ....
Former Guatemalan president Otto Pérez Molina was formally charged by prosecutors on Wednesday following the investigation into the corruption scandal that led to his resignation. Prosecutor Francisco Sandoval said that Pérez Molina is suspected of illicit association, customs...
The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil on Wednesday suspended impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff until the court can determine the constitutional validity of a secret ballot. The vote is to determine whether the congressional...
Although hostilities have significantly declined in Ukraine, "serious human rights concerns persist," the UN said Wednesday in a new report . The UN attributes this decrease in hostility to the August 26 ceasefire , as certain...
Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) is in possession of a "large and lethal" arsenal due to decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated international flow of weapons into Iraq....
Prosecutor Col. Sita Sangare, Burkina Faso's director of military justice, on Sunday announced charges filed last week against General Gilbert Diendere for complicity in the assassination of former president and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. Diendere, the...
The Armenian Electoral Commission on Monday announced that Armenia's constitution will be amended as a result of Sunday's referendum. However, opposition MP's and independent European observers have alleged serious irregularities in the...