Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 400th execution in Texas, August 21, 2007 [urging Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences...

The Venezuelan National Assembly gave preliminary approval Tuesday to comprehensive constitutional reforms introduced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week. No word was available on how many legislators voted for...

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday urged Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state , and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences in Texas. According to the statement from...

The US Defense Department's controversial Threat and Local Observation Notice system, or TALON database , will be discontinued on September 17 but the data it has collected will be retained in...

Lawyers in Kenya are now ranked as the ninth most corrupt group in the country, according to the Kenya Bribery Index 2007, a report released Tuesday by Transparency International (TI) . The annual Kenya Bribery Index ...

An Indonesian court Tuesday dismissed a class action lawsuit that sought to dismantle the Indonesian police's anti-terror unit, ruling that the allegations that the department violated human rights by targeting Muslims and torturing suspects were too vague to proceed....

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan on fraud and corruption charges, ruling that the district court judge acted properly when she...

Lawyers for five Cubans jailed for spying in the United States urged a federal appeals court Monday to order a new trial in the case, arguing that the defendants were convicted on flimsy evidence. Lawyers representing the so-called Cuban...

The Supreme People's Court of China has determined that the death penalty can be ordered in cases where a defendant is convicted of sabotaging electricity supply in a manner which leads to serious injury of at least...

US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan has pleaded not guilty to cruelty and maltreatment and other charges stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal . Jordan is the only commissioned...