A Spanish anti-terrorism court Wednesday convicted 47 Basque separatists of either leading, being a member of, or collaborating with a "terrorist organization," and sentenced each to between 2 and 20 years in prison. The 47 were members of various groups pushing for Basque independence, but prosecutors argued that all had ties to terror group ETA [...]

A judge on the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled Tuesday that former Pfc. Steven D. Green will stand trial on April 13, 2009, for his role in the March 2006 rape and murder of a 14-year old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya. The 2009 trial [...]

The Indonesian Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of three men sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings , an Indonesian prosecutor said Wednesday. The court's decision has not yet been formally released, but prosecutor Made Sudarmaja said Wednesday that his office has been notified of the court's decision. [...]

A court in Argentina on Tuesday convicted eight formal officials for human rights abuses committed during the 1976-83 Dirty War . The seven former army officers and a former police official were tried in connection with the kidnapping, torture and disappearances of a group of leftist guerrillas. Three defendants, including former Army chief Cristino Nicolaides, [...]

US District Court Judge Stephan Mickle of the Northern District of Florida granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the implementation of a new Florida voting law intended to prevent election fraud in the state. The law would prevent a person from registering to vote if their social security or driver's license numbers cannot be matched [...]

The Israeli government has failed to investigate and indict members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for acts of violence committed against Palestinian civilians, according to a report issued Tuesday by Israeli human rights group Yesh Din . According to the report, thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed during the last seven years, but [...]

US military contractor CACI International is allegedly responsible for the torture of more than 250 former detainees held in Iraqi prisons, according to the amended complaint filed Tuesday in a class action lawsuit pending in US federal court. According to a press release from the Center for Constitutional Rights: The complaint alleges that these victims [...]

The number of executions in the US in 2007 reached the lowest level in 13 years, according to the 2007 year-end report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) on Tuesday. DPIC reported that there were 42 executions carried out in 2007, compared to 53 in 2006 and 98 in 1998, the highest number [...]

At least four White House lawyers participated in discussions about whether the CIA should destroy videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , the New York Times reported Wednesday. It had previously been reported that Harriet Miers, who became White House counsel in 2005, had participated in internal discussions on what to do with the [...]

Russia's December parliamentary elections were riddled with corruption and fraud, corruption watchdog Transparency International and Russian human rights group Golos said Tuesday. The agencies cited instances of official pressure on voters and suspiciously high turnout figures in a Moscow news conference questioning the integrity of the election. They said that in some instances, election officials [...]