Chinese filmmaker faces billion-yuan lawsuit over children
Top Chinese film director Zhang Yimou is facing a billion-yuan lawsuit after violating the country's controversial one-child policy, state media reported Friday.
China anti-corruption activist beaten by police: lawyers
A Chinese anti-corruption activist put on trial in what campaign groups say is a crackdown on dissent was beaten by police while in detention, lawyers said Thursday.
Anger in New Zealand at 'close your legs' rape defence
Victims' rights advocates in New Zealand on Thursday condemned a defence lawyer who told a rape victim she should have "closed her legs" if she wanted to avoid having sex.
Spanish court confirms intention to extradite Ablyazov’s Security Chief
The Spanish National Court (SNC) has confirmed its decision to extradite Aleksandr Pavlov, the Chief of Security of the former Head of Kazakhstan's BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
Canadian 'child soldier' appeals Guantanamo conviction
Omar Khadr, the Canadian "child soldier" held for a decade at Guantanamo, appealed his terror conviction Friday.
Arrested Kazakhstan students in Boston transferred to same cell
Imprisoned in USA, Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov have been transferred to the same cell after months of solitary confinement.
Indian film puts spotlight on Mumbai attacks lawyer
A provocative Bollywood biopic opening tells the story of a slain human rights attorney who began a career in the law after turning his back on a life as an insurgent, only to be shot dead in his Mumbai office.
Jackson lawyer attacks promoter as trial nears climax
The promoters of Michael Jackson's last tour were "so excited" about making huge profits that they hired an unfit doctor for the star, his family's lawyer said Tuesday in closing arguments.
Manning files bid for Obama pardon: lawyer
Lawyers for Chelsea Manning filed a request for a pardon from President Barack Obama on Tuesday following the soldier's 35-year jail sentence for the biggest intelligence leak in US history.
France's 'Devil's advocate' lawyer Verges dies at 88
Jacques Verges, the provocative French lawyer who earned the nickname "Devil's advocate" by defending a series of high-profile criminals from Klaus Barbie to Carlos the Jackal.
US 'concerned' over detention of Chinese lawyer
The United States on Thursday called on China to release a human rights lawyer who has campaigned against government corruption.
Russia finds dead lawyer guilty of tax fraud
A Moscow court on Thursday convicted Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, provoking fresh outrage more than three years after his prison death.
Jackson lawyers to launch case against tour promoter
Lawyers for Michael Jackson's mother will launch their case Monday for massive compensation from the promoter of his last doomed tour, at the trial over the late King of Pop's 2009 death.
Filmmaker didn't spark Muslim violence: lawyer
A lawyer for the man behind the "Innocence of Muslims" video denied Wednesday his client was to blame for a wave of violence across the Middle East, as he appeared in court for a second time.
Pussy Riot, Panahi, Beliatsky on final Sakharov short list
Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Iran's film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Belarus dissident Ales Beliatsky were put on a final shortlist for the European Parliament's Sakharov rights priz.
US withheld email evidence in WikiLeaks case: defense
Lawyers for the US soldier charged with passing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks accused the military Tuesday of withholding hundreds of emails over fears of a publicity nightmare.
Lawyers ask for Guantanamo trial to be televised
Lawyers for the alleged Al-Qaeda mastermind of the deadly 2000 attack on the USS Cole demanded Thursday that his Guantanamo military tribunal be televised.