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The parliament of Egypt has passed a bill that restricts the government's influence over the judiciary but falls short of the reforms demanded by some judges. Although the Judicial Authority Law approved Monday by the People's...

East Timor prosecutors have summoned former prime minister Mari Alkatiri for questioning about allegations that he formed a hit squad to target opponents. Alkatiri resigned from office Monday amid public protests. The...

The FBI on Monday dropped its investigation into the library records of a Connecticut library, concluding that the identity of patrons using a particular computer last February no longer posed a threat to national security. Four librarians...

The UK Foreign Office has said that the United Kingdom will not petition the US to release Australian national David Hicks from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . Hicks,...

UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has called for the Iraqi government to begin an independent investigation into the murder of Khamis al-Obeidi , a lawyer representing Saddam Hussein in...

Saddam Hussein knows that a death sentence awaits him at the end of his trial {JURIST news archive] before the Iraqi High Tribunal for alleged crimes against humanity, but his lawyer says Hussein believes the US...

Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants ended a brief hunger strike late Thursday after Hussein missed only one meal. Hussein began the hunger strike in protest of the murder of one of...

US State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli has said that the trial of Saddam Hussein is fair and legitimate, despite the murder of a third defense lawyer Wednesday morning. In a press...

Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants have begun a hunger strike to protest the abduction and murder of a defense team lawyer in Baghdad early Wednesday morning. Leading defense counsel Khalil al-Dulaimi said the defendants would end...

Iran has charged leading women's rights activists Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani and Parvin Ardalan with acting "against national security" in connection with a June 12 women's rights demonstration that turned violent...