Joint Statement: Time to close the doors of Guantanamo, Canadian Bar Association, February 25, 2008 [letter from international bar association leaders to the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada calling for 'immediate closure' of the...

The human rights of inmates in Nigerian prisons are "systematically violated," Amnesty International said in a Tuesday report based on visits to 10 prisons across Nigeria over the last six months. According to...

Former Argentinian President Fernando de la Rua Tuesday denied charges that he attempted to bribe lawmakers with millions of dollars to secure the approval of labor reforms during his presidency from 1999 to December 2001....

The military government of Myanmar Tuesday announced that it has enacted a law to govern the May referendum on a new constitution for the country. The government said the law sets procedures...

A panel convened by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) said Tuesday that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is violating the constitutional rights of US workers by conducting illegal searches and...

Belarusian authorities Tuesday granted jailed opposition politician Alexander Kozulin a three-day release from prison to attend the funeral of his wife, who died on Saturday. Kozulin was sentenced to over five years in prison in...

Leaders of 34 international bar associations and law societies called for the "immediate closure" of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in a letter released Monday. The letter, addressed to US President George W. Bush and...

Agents with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urged EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson to approve California's request for a waiver that would have allowed it to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars...

Nigeria's Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the results of last year's disputed presidential elections , saying that opposition groups failed to present sufficient evidence to support their fraud allegations . European Union and NGO observers...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that an employee's "dismissal essentially based on the fact that a woman is at an advanced stage of in vitro fertilisation treatment is contrary to...