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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced Haradin Bala to 13 years in prison Wednesday for torture, cruel treatment and murder at a prison camp run by the Kosovo Liberation Army [BBC...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday suspending the new Code of Conduct law that governs the behavior of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Nepal. Justice Parmananda Jha issued the stay in light...

French Ambassador to the US Jean-David Levitte said Monday that France was "back to normal" following three weeks of rioting and he denied that religion played a role in the violence, which was prevalent in...

French immigrant communities and rights groups are criticizing the French government's decision to impose emergency laws in efforts to restore order after two weeks of rioting. The 1955 state of emergency law was...

Experts with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over the fairness of the trial of 15 men in Uzbekistan charged with terrorism and precipitating the violent uprising in the town of Andijan [JURIST...

The British government's proposed Terrorism Bill passed its first test in the House of Commons Wednesday, despite a 16 MP-strong rebellion of Labour Party backbenchers against the government and continued...

Uzbek prosecutors in the trial of 15 men accused of plotting a rebellion in Andijan on Wednesday sought prison sentences of between nine and 20 years for the suspects. Prosecutors urged the court to issue a 20-year sentence for...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Leandro Despouy Tuesday expressed doubts about the fairness of Uzbekistan's ongoing trial of 15 alleged rebels accused of precipitating the violent May uprising in the town of...

JURIST Guest Columnist William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law says that President Bush's proposal after Hurricane Katrina to change the federal Posse Comitatus law to allow a greater military role in the event of natural disasters may not...

The Philippine government has agreed "in principle" to give southern Muslims the authority to develop their own tax system, build their own institutions, and write their own charter, according to a report in Thursday's Philippine Daily...