Judges have condemned government rules to withhold visas for under 21s as a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Yusef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor facing the death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity might be liberated after his lawyer told AFP on Thursday he is "optimistic" that the final verdict could see his client set free.
For protesters still reeling from the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia, his death provides yet more evidence that the U.S. should abolish the death penalty.
Anger is growing in the U.S. over the execution of Troy Davis, 42, who was killed Wednesday September 21 after facing execution four times in the past four years for being convicted for the murder of a policeman, despite serious doubts about his guilt, with supporters of Davis now turning to Obama for answers.
Troy Davis' execution has been hailed as a miscarriage of justice and yet another illustration of racial discrimination but despite calls from activists, politicians and even religious figures the US state of Georgia went ahead and executed the young man even though doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that saw him become a symbol for global efforts to end the death penalty.
The U.S. state of Virginia has executed a 30-year-old convicted of raping and killing an elderly Virginia woman. He was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, the first inmate put to death in that state this year, the attorney general's office said.
The arrest of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has provoked a wave of protests across India as thousands supporters gathered outside his jail.
Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the Baby P tragedy, The Court of Appeal has ruled.
The Independent reported that according to an Israeli television channel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to base talks for a Palestinian state on the 1967 truce lines.
A Peruvian ex-army officer known as the "Butcher of the Andes" and accused of killing 69 peasants in the 1980s, has been extradited to Peru from the United States to face charges, police said.
The Israeli parliament has passed a controversial law that will punish any Israeli individual or organisation boycotting West Bank settlements.
The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to examine the source and antiquity of the treasure unearthed from the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram.
A court-ordered search of vaults beneath a south Indian temple has unearthed gold, jewels and statues worth an estimated $22 billion, government officials said Monday.
In recent weeks "human rights" have come to the forefront of political debate as activist judges in Britain and in Europe have sought to force the elected government's hand on a number of emotive issues.
