The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Friday that the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic will resume Monday after being postponed for...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday submitted a briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women detailing the failure of the Mexican government to protect women from torture,...
Soviet-produced unexploded submunitions and a bomb canister were discovered in Jabel Shahshabu, a mountainous area near Hama in Syria and posted to YouTube , Human Rights Watch said Thursday. HRW confirmed the site of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the government of Kazakhstan to allow an independent international investigation into the unrest last December that...
Torture, beatings and ill-treatment of detainees are common practice in Tajikistan , Amnesty International said in its report released on Thursday. The human rights group claimed that the country lacks measures adequately protecting detainees...
A draft Iraqi cybercrime law would violate the international standards protecting due process, freedom of speech and freedom of association, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. The Information Crimes Law, which had its first reading...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday postponed the trial of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic due to his health problems. Thursday's trial came to an...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed the Contempt of Court Bill 2012, which would shield senior officials from contempt of court proceedings. The bill was approved by both the lower and upper [AFP...
The National Association of Broadcasters on Tuesday filed an emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging a new regulation that is expected to go into...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday announced plans to replace the 1948 Sedition Act with the new National Harmony Act. The prime minister stated that the new act will ensure the protection...