Three Kenyan officials made an initial appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday and were notified of the charges pending against them , stemming from violence surrounding the December 2007 Kenyan elections...
Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday to demand the prosecution of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak , his family, and members of his regime. The protests reveal Egyptians' growing frustration with the...
The UN announced Friday that investigators would enter Libya next week to begin looking into alleged human rights abuses by both rebels and the armed forces of leader Muammar Gaddafi . The inquiry into the...
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 69-19 Thursday to approve a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, except in cases where the mother's life is...
Bosnian war crimes victims on Thursday submitted evidence to the Prosecutors Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) accusing three former members of the Serbian Supreme Council of war crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian civil war [JURIST...
Turkish authorities on Thursday replaced lead prosecutors in the Ergenekon coup investigations in response to criticism. The probe has resulted hundreds of arrests, with people awaiting or on trial, but has not yet delivered...
Three prominent Kenyans appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Thursday to hear the charges against them in connection with the violence that followed the December 2007 Kenyan general...
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision invalidating a state ban on adoptions by same-sex couples. The court affirmed the decision of the Pulaski County Circuit Court invalidating Act...
A Somali pirate was sentenced by the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday to 25 years in prison for attacking a Danish ship off the coast of Somalia in 2008,...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Serbian authorities to halt the forced evictions of Roma in Belgrade and provide them with adequate housing and compensation. The AI report alleges that...