Representatives of Canada's Inuit population on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against the European Union (EU) challenging its impending ban on the sale of seal products. The suit, filed in the General Court of the Court...
Human rights conditions in 12 Arab nations continued to deteriorate last year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, entitled "Bastion...
Greek police conducted raids in Athens Saturday in an effort to avoid a repeat of last years violent protests as the first anniversary of a controversial police shooting approaches. Over 6,000 officers spread across the...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Proclamation 1959 on Friday, imposing martial law and suspending habeas corpus in the province of Maguindanao, the first presidential imposition of martial law in the country since Ferdinand...
The Iraq Inquiry , charged with investigating UK involvement in Iraq, began its public proceedings in London on Tuesday. The committee is expected to assess the legality of the UKs participation in the Iraq War, although...
A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday found the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) negligent in its operation and maintenance of the Mississippi River-Gulf...
Rwandan rebel leader Ignace Murwanashyaka and deputy Straton Musoni were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. Murwanashyaka is the leader of the predominantly Hutu Democratic Forces...
More than 18,000 refugees have been unfairly denied permanent residency or asylum in the US due to the expanding definition of "terrorist activity" in the USA Patriot Act and Real ID Act...
President of Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini said Tuesday that he would support legislation to limit the length of trials in the country. The reforms were proposed by...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday announced that he will ask the ICC to open a formal inquiry into violence perpetrated in the wake of Kenya's 2007 presidential elections [JURIST news...