A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said Sunday.

Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho did not deliberately use a fake passport and should be released by authorities in Paraguay, his lawyer said.

A Norwegian suspected of killing his stepsister and opening fire at a mosque near Oslo is suspected of a terrorist act and murder, police said Monday, allegations he rejects.

Julian Assange's US extradition case is of ‘great concern to all’ and Australia should raise it with the United States, the lawyer for the Wikileaks founder said.

The lawyer of the claimant argued that his client had sustained substantial damages due to the negligence of the surgeon.

A leading lawyer who defended former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic on charges of war crimes has been shot dead in Belgrade, police said on Sunday.

The Dutch son-in-law of one of Russia's richest men was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 for lying to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators about contacts ...

Ratish Chandra Bhowmik, a respected prosecutor and champion of minority rights, has not been seen since he left his home in Rangpur early Friday morning.

Pakistan's celebrated human rights activist and eminent lawyer Asma Jahangir died on Sunday in the eastern city of Lahore, aged 66.

The lawyer representing Dr. David Dao, who was dragged from a United Airlines plane, said he will also represent a woman whose clash with an American Airlines flight attendant went viral over the weekend.

Bahrain has charged four US journalists with taking part in an illegal gathering but they were planning to leave the country after being released, their lawyer said.