Myanmar human rights activist Ko Myint Naing has been sentenced to eight years in prison, according to his lawyer and fellow activists Wednesday. A judge sentenced Myint Naing for inciting unrest during an April 2007 incident in which Myint...
A US federal court Wednesday sentenced Maryland resident Mahmud Faruq Brent to fifteen years in prison for attending a Pakistani training camp and otherwise helping a terrorist organization. Brent, also known as Mahmud Al Mutazzim, was...
US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ordered the government of Sudan Wednesday to pay $7.96 million in compensation to the families of 17 US Navy personnel...
The Libyan Association for the Families of HIV-Infected Children condemned Bulgaria's pardoning and release of six foreign medics Wednesday, demanding that the Libyan government sever diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and deport all Bulgarians residing...
Rendition; UK Intelligence and Security Committee, July 25, 2007 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Government Response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Report into New Media and Creative Industries, UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport, July 24, 2007 [rejecting a recommendation to push the EU for longer copyright terms for sound...
In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunication Records Litigation, US District Court for the Northern District of California, July 24, 2007 [refusing the federal government's motion to dismiss lawsuits brought by the states of Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, and Vermont...
Five opposition members in Ethiopia asked for pardons on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of attempting to overthrow the government. The five submitted a letter to High Court Judge Adil Ahmed saying that they did...
The US House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted in favor of issuing contempt of Congress citations against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers [official...
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Ejehei said Wednesday that new arrests have been made in the conspiracy cases against Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , director of the Middle East Program at the DC-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...