Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco announced Wednesday that the National Court would not investigate six Bush administration officials pursuant to torture claims from Guantanamo Bay , in response to a letter from the US Department of...

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was hospitalized Tuesday before he was scheduled to appear before Egypt's public prosecutor for questioning about his alleged roles in protester deaths and embezzlement of government money. The chief prosecutor on...

The trial for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges that he paid an underage prostitute for her services was adjourned Wednesday only 10 minutes after opening in Milan. Berlusconi and Moroccan-born...

Kenya has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to dismiss the cases against six senior Kenyan leaders accused of committing crimes against humanity and contributing to the 2007-2008 post-election violence . Kenyan...

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a bill outlawing abortions performed based on the sex or race of the fetus. Representative Steve Montenegro sponsored HB 2442 and HB 2443 ,...

UN prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic receive a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Perisic is on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

A commission of Arab and Egyptian human rights groups have accused former president Hosni Mubarak and the police of murdering protesters during the demonstrations in Egypt, according to a local newspaper on...

Ukrainian state prosecutors announced a criminal investigation Tuesday against former president Leonid Kuchma for his alleged involvement in the 2000 murder of opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze. The criminal investigation is based on Kuchma's suspected abuse of power...

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released a report documenting discrimination and human rights violations against Roma migrants in Slovenia and urging the Slovenian government to protect Roma communities. The report...

Iraq's Justice Ministry announced Monday that it will close a Green Zone detention center because of alleged human rights violations. Justice spokesperson Haidar al-Saad said this decision was made after last month's investigation into the prison's living...