Justice System

The Chisinau Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by lawyers to free former Prime Minister Vlad Filat, instead extending...

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has offered to represent imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija...

Enver Hasani, the former president of the Kosovo Constitutional Court, has been indicted for fraud, according to a Wednesday...

Turkey’s main opposition party leader, Sezgin Tanrıkulu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) rebuked President Recep...

Daniele Ozzimo, a former member of the Rome city council, was sentenced yesterday with five others for their part in the...

Three imprisoned journalists in Azerbaijan—Khadija Ismayilova, Gilal Mamedov, and Parviz Gashimli—demanded amnesty from the...

A Baku prosecutor demanded a guilty sentence and 7 years imprisonment for journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, a correspondent for...

A US federal court sentenced Vadim Mikerin to 48 months in prison this week for facilitating a US$ 2.1 million bribery...

Two men were shot in the legs in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Monday when police say a security guard opened fire near a...

Sweeping reforms rapidly introduced by Poland’s new government are threatening to undermine the country’s constitution and...

The former deputy speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament, Hristo Bisserov, has been found innocent of charges including tax...

Imprisoned investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has won a Swedish press prize dedicated to heroism.