The UK's top judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Igor Judge , said on Wednesday that UK courts are not bound by decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) . Speaking before...
Libyan opposition forces on Thursday captured and killed former leader Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed at a press conference. Military forces loyal to the...
An Oklahoma state court judge on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction against a new Oklahoma law that restricts how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients. Judge Daniel Owens of the...
Libyan forces have arrested nearly 2,500 people who face ongoing torture and detainment without formal charges , Amnesty International (AI) alleged Thursday. Interviews of 300 Libyan prisoners in August and September revealed that many were...
Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Thursday signed into law a controversial bill dissolving religious organizations and requiring re-registration, drawing criticism from international observers. The bill dissolves current registrations and establishes a procedure requiring...
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday submitted a filing in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit asking the court not to stay the state's controversial immigration law . The filing was...
Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior Affairs and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday denied prisoner torture allegations made earlier this week in a UN report. A spokesperson for the Ministry said at a press conference that...
The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general Juliane Kokott on Thursday issued an opinion stating that an EU law forcing foreign airlines using EU airports to pay fees for greenhouse gas emissions is lawful ....
Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday issued a judgment urging political parties to stop financing criminal groups responsible for increased violence in the city of Karachi. In the judicial decision, Chaudhry...
Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo (EULEX) , Xavier de Marnhac, announced on Wednesday that an EU prosecutor will visit Albania to investigate allegations of an organ trafficking scheme that took place in...