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Five hundred Bosnian police officers launched an ultimately unsuccessful operation on Wednesday near the town of Han Pijesak in an failed attempt to find and arrest either Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic , both of whom...

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the failed London bombing attempts on July 21, 2005 after police searched two residential buildings and one place of business. The 27-year old was arrested on suspicion of...

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has established a policy to prosecute political crimes committed during apartheid in South Africa by individuals who were denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ....

Four Cambodian civil rights leaders arrested on defamation charges were unexpectedly granted bail and released from jail Tuesday. Leaders from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights , along with a journalist and union leader were released...

The European Commission is urging the 25 European Union member states to implement compatible criminal law procedures in the wake of a study showing drastically different legal practices. While the study conducted...

Thousands of women marched in Milan Saturday, demanding that Italy keep a 1978 law that legalized abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. Police estimated that 50,000 people joined in the march to keep abortion...

Jeffrey Barham et al. v. Charles H. Ramsay, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 13, 2006 [refusing to grant immunity to two police officials named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 386 people...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to grant immunity Friday to two police officials named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 386 people who were roped off at Pershing Park...

A court in Copenhagen Thursday found five Danish soldiers guilty on two of four counts of abuse against Iraqi prisoners, but refused to sentence the soldiers due to "extenuating circumstances". The judge noted that unclear procedural rules...

Saidjahan Zainabiddinov, an Uzbek human rights activist who witnessed an violent uprising in Andijan last May has been put on trial on charges of undermining the constitutional system and assisting terrorism for aiding journalists covering the uprising...