The Russian Prosecutor General's office said Tuesday it has launched a forgery investigation targeting former Russian prime minister and now opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov . According to Russian news agencies, the investigation relates to...
The government of Pakistan, which has kept Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and several other judges and lawyers under preventative detention since President Musharraf declared emergency rule on November 3,...
Four professors at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh were acquitted Monday of inciting students during campus protests which caused the interim government to impose a curfew in August 2007. Eleven students...
Lawyers for the east African state of Djibouti Monday asked the International Court of Justice to allow the country to take over a French murder probe into the death of French judge Bernard Borrel [advocacy website, in...
The most popular independent television network in Pakistan, Geo-TV , resumed on-air broadcasting Monday after the government lifted a ban imposed during the declaration of emergency rule issued by President Pervez Musharraf in...
The Iraqi parliament gave first reading Monday to a draft bill forwarded by the Iraqi cabinet which could allow for the pardon and release of around 5,000 detainees currently held in Iraqi prisons....
The Malaysian lawyer whose 2001 video of a deal over a judicial appointment has sparked accusations and investigations into judicial corruption, claimed Monday he must have been intoxicated when he appeared to...
Human Rights Watch Sunday condemned the appointment of a suspected Janjaweed militia leader as an advisor to Sudan's Ministry of Federal Affairs and special advisor to President Omar El Bashir . Musa Hilal is...
A Turkish court has reordered telecom providers in the country to block access to popular video-sharing website YouTube . Reports surfacing in the Turkish media on Sunday suggest that the ban, originally reimposed Thursday, was a response to...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has approved changes to the country's restrictive Public Order and Security Act ahead of upcoming presidential elections, Zimbabwean state media reported Saturday. The law formerly prohibited public political gatherings without prior...