Lithuanian lawmakers on Wednesday demanded an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established a secret prison for al Qaeda suspects in the Baltic country. The Lithuanian Parliament National Security and Defense Committee said it wants the full 141-member assembly to approve the probe next week. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday [...]

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday announced his intention to boycott the opening of his war crimes trial, set to come before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday. Karadzic claims that the tribunal's schedule does not provide him adequate time to prepare his defense, and that two years [...]

The Cambodian National Assembly approved legislation Wednesday banning demonstrations of more than 200 people. The bill, which passed Cambodia's lower house by a vote of 76-25, would also ban any gathering inside or outside the gates of factories or government buildings, and would require groups to obtain permission for planned demonstrations a minimum of 12 [...]

Two Guantanamo Bay military judges on Wednesday granted continuances for prosecutors in the cases of two Sudanese detainees allegedly involved with al Qaeda. Noor Uthman Mohammed , who is accused of working as a weapons instructor and logistician in Afghanistan, has already had his case delayed twice before at the request of the Department of [...]

The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 1962 law requiring a woman's male guardian to grant her permission to obtain a passport is unconstitutional. The court found that the article in the Personal Status Law that required a woman to obtain the approval of her husband, her parents, or her guardian before she could [...]

Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua said during a visit to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Wednesday that the Guinean judiciary is capable of and intends to investigate and prosecute any crimes committed during the September 28 incidents at Conakry . Loua met with Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Head of the Office [...]

Stewart Baker : "The US Senate Judiciary Committee's decision to reauthorize three provisions of the USA Patriot Act until 2013 is prudent. The parts of the Act set to expire this year include provisions that allow federal authorities to compel production of business, medical and library records, to conduct "roving" wiretaps, and to designate suspects [...]

Two courts in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality sentenced six individuals to death on Tuesday for their connections with organized crime gangs. The First Intermediate People's Court sentenced two gang leaders to death and two other members to death with a two-year reprieve. Five other members of the gang were sentenced to 11 years to life [...]

The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rejected appeals by alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on Wednesday, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month. The rejected appeals were filed in regards to Demjanjuk's health issues and the decision to keep him in custody. The decision upholds an earlier determination by the Munich [...]

A Malaysian appeals court on Tuesday rejected a defamation suit filed by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim against former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad . The suit, which alleged defamation in connection with allegations that Anwar is a homosexual, was dismissed by the appeals court after Mahathir's lawyers complained that the appeal was written in [...]