The ruling military junta in Myanmar has closed constitutional talks until late 2006, delegates said Tuesday. The convention to draft a constitution has been held intermittently since 1993, and is the first step on a...
Afghan Judge Abul Basit Bakhitari has postponed the trial of Assadullah Sarwari for twenty days so that he may hire a lawyer. Sarwari, the former director of Afghanistan's intelligence service, faces charges stemming from his operation under...
Human Rights Watch criticized Uzbek officials for blocking access to the trial of rights activist Mutabar Tojiboeva , in a statement issued Tuesday. Uzbek police have blocked off the court building and set...
State officials and politicians in Georgia have indicated that there are no immediate plans to add death penalty reform to the legislative agenda, despite the highly critical Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Report ...
US District Judge Sim Lake Monday told potential jurors in the trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling that it was not up to them...
Lawyers for former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers urged federal appeals court judges Monday to reconsider his 25-year prison sentence , questioning the fairness of the prosecution during trial proceedings. Ebbers was convicted of...
US diplomats at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have expressed concern over Russia's newly adopted NGO law , which grants the Russian government tight control over the registration, financing, and activities of...
International arrest warrants have been issued for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and husband Asif Ali Zardari on charges of corruption in a number of unspecified cases stemming from the former prime minister's term...
The US military in Afghanistan began court-martial proceedings Friday for a US soldier accused of abusing detainees last year in the southern Uruzgan province. Army Spc. James Hayes is accused of punching...
The Indonesian government on Thursday submitted a draft law to parliament that would grant the Aceh province some degree of self-rule. The proposal comes after the historic signing of...