The trial of former French president Jacques Chirac opened in his absence on Monday after Judge Dominique Pauthe of the 11th Criminal Court of Paris agreed to continue the proceedings without him. Chirac and his legal team filed documents with the court on Friday claiming Chirac is too ill to face his corruption trial , [...]

Violence broke out in the Egyptian court where the corruption and murder trial of former president Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday for a third session. As the first witness for the prosecution began testimony during the trial’s third hearing, plaintiffs and their lawyers clashed with Mubarak supporters . The witness was a police official who [...]

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday gave a speech on the situation in Libya , announcing an investigation into collusion between MI6 , the overseas British Security Service, and the Libyan Security Services regarding the treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainees. Accusations of M16 sending detainees to knowingly be tortured by Libyan security services [...]

The trial of former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde began on Monday, on charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation’s banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis . Court convened in the Landsdomur, a special court to try cabinet ministers, with Haarde’s lawyers requesting a dismissal of all charges, which [...]

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) reported on Saturday that more detainees have joined a hunger strike in protest of ongoing trials related to recent pro-democracy protests. The nearly 20 jailed doctors face charges in relation to protests and have begun fasting in objection to “continued detention of the doctors and other detainees at [...]

Panamanian lawmakers approved a bill Saturday that requires runoffs in close presidential elections. The bill mandates that if no candidate amasses 50 percent of the vote after the election, a second round of voting would take place . A presidential election is currently won by a mere majority vote. Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli praised the [...]

Former French president Jacques Chirac , 78, and his legal team filed documents with the 11th Criminal Court of Paris on Friday claiming Chirac is too ill to face his corruption trial , just three days before the trial was slated to continue after being delayed in March . Chirac is being tried for allegedly [...]

Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that Turkey will take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the legality of Israel’s Gaza Strip blockade. Davutoglu delivered a press statement on Friday accepting the findings of a UN report that criticized Israel for using excessive and unreasonable force during the May [...]

Alleged Nazi Sandor Kepiro died on Saturday at the age of 97, weeks after both the prosecution and the defense in his trial announced they would be be appealing his acquittal on war crimes charges . Kepiro was acquitted of participating in the 1942 Novi Sad massacre in Serbia and, ultimately, pleaded his innocence until [...]

The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday charged 10 former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with war crimes for their actions during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo . The individuals were previously arrested in March . Among those charged is Fatmir Limaj, a prominent political figure in the Democratic [...]