Belgian prosecutors announced Wednesday that police in Belgium arrested Rwandan Mathias Bushishi Monday for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Police arrested Bushishi on an international arrest warrant that...
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang spoke Tuesday to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal (CA) about several human rights issues in the country, including a reluctance to prosecute war crimes and insufficient...
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Frank LaRue on Tuesday called on Algeria to "guarantee the right to freedom of opinion and expression" including decriminalizing defamation. LaRue noted that, despite significant...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Tuesday in Virginia Officer for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart that a state agency can sue state officials in federal court to remedy a violation of...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut regarding whether electric utilities contributed to global warming...
The Syrian legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that, if signed by President Bashar al-Assad , will end the country's 48-year-old state of emergency. Prime Minister Dr. Adel Safar chaired the legislative session, which voted to end...
A Tunisian court on Tuesday dropped charges against a police officer who incited protests in several Arab countries when she allegedly slapped a local fruit vendor. Police woman Fedia Hamdi was accused of slapping Mohamed Bouazizi in...
The Republican-led US House of Representatives filed a motion Monday with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the...
Apple filed suit Friday claiming that the Samsung "Galaxy" line of products copies its iPhone and iPad technology. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California , includes...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Tapia v. United States to determine whether a district court may impose a longer prison sentence...