Taiwan High Court upholds corruption acquittal of opposition leader
The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...
Taiwan High Court upholds corruption acquittal of opposition leader
The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov was released from jail Thursday after serving five days in custody for organizing an unsanctioned protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin and resisting arrest. The former...
A Russian court ruled against former chess champion and liberal United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov Monday, denying Kasparov's appeal and ordering him to serve a five day jail sentence [JURIST...
Russia opposition figure Kasparov arrested at anti-Putin rally
Former chess champion and liberal United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov was arrested Saturday at a demonstration in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin , two weeks before parliamentary elections. AP...
Italy judge suspends CIA rendition trial again pending Constitutional Court ruling
The Italian judge presiding over the trial of 26 US CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [JURIST news...
Taiwan corruption trial of opposition presidential candidate begins
The Taiwan High Court opened proceedings Friday in the corruption trial of Ma Ying-jeou , the opposition presidential candidate in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. Ma was acquitted of the...
Former Taiwanese opposition party leader Ma Ying-jeou was acquitted of corruption and accounting fraud charges by the Taipei District Court Tuesday. The court ruled that...
China still not remedying rights abuses in lead-up to 2008 Olympics: Amnesty
China has not kept its promises to improve human rights and press freedom in preparation for the 2008 Olympics slated to open next August in Beijing, according to a new report released Tuesday by...
China is increasing its control over human rights activists and other political dissidents ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. HRW says that leaders in the Communist Party...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that it will continue to move forward with implementation of the REAL ID Act , despite opposition among state legislatures and in the US...