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Jail sentences were handed down Monday by Belarusian courts for more than 150 protestors who were detained by police while taking part in recent election protests. Thousands of citizens gathered last week to demonstrate against...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in Lawrence v. Florida , concerning a challenge to rules surrounding the one-year filing deadline for making habeas corpus claims in federal court....

Key organizers of election protests in the Belarus capital city of Minsk who were detained by police will face criminal charges, Belarus Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov said Sunday. Thousands of citizens gathered...

France's Interior Minister and anticipated 2007 French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a compromise over a new youth labor law - the so-called First Employment Contract (contrat première embauche, CPE)...

Leading Friday's international brief, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) in Uganda has issued a report warning that the independence of the judiciary and the freedom of the press have been seriously impinged upon in the...

After European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels Thursday to discuss the future of the EU Constitution , Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has expressed doubt that a solution to the current impasse...

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Thursday urged the Iraqi government to take steps to "assert control over the security forces and all armed groups" in the country, noting that there has been...

Leading Thursday's international brief, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland has called on Sudan to accept the presence of a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur as essential to protecting Sudan's citizens....

The UK Terrorism Bill is set to become law after the House of Lords Wednesday backed down on its objection to a controversial provision criminalizing the "glorification" of terrorism. The legislation, introduced in the wake...

In an effort to bring closure to the contentious issue of the fate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , Liberia's new president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Tuesday called on African leaders to decide whether to place Taylor...