The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on Monday voted to impeach outgoing President Vaclav Klaus for charges of treason. After a 38 to 30 vote , the Senate filed...
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Prince Taylor, an investigator for the Charles Taylor defense team in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was sentenced Thursday to two years on each of...
Egypt court orders release of Mubarak's former chief-of-staff
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered that the former chief-of-staff for deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak , Zakaria Azmi, be released from prison after he was granted a retrial in a corruption case. Azmi...
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said that they will consider the legal implications of Palestinian statehood following a UN resolution recognizing Palestine as a non-member state. The UN General...
The former secretary for the political party of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was referred to a criminal court for corruption charges on Wednesday. Safwat El-Sherif is accused of abusing his office [Ahram...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Ethiopia on Wednesday to release 17 prominent Muslim leaders who were arrested last month in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. HRW asserted that the Ethiopian government has...
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of the Interior announced Monday that a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who had completed the country's militant rehabilitation program surrendered to Saudi authorities. Adnan al-Sayegh, who was placed in the Ministry's rehabilitation...
The International Criminal Court sentenced convicted Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for his role...