The International Criminal Court on Tuesday will hand down its judgement against Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, accused of using child soldiers in a 2003 attack on a village in the vast central African country, killing 200 people.

Rev. Rick Warren is being criticized for saying he has many gay friends. ?Rev. Rick Warren is being criticized for saying he has many gay friends. The 58-year-old Warren is the founder and senior pastor of the Lake Forest, California-based megachurch Saddleback Church ? the eighth-largest church in the United States ? and the author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life. As part of a media tour to promote an updated edition of his book, Warren told The Huffington Post that he's not homophobic because ?I have many, many gay friends.? The statement drew the ire of pastor Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner, co-hosts of Generations Radio. ?I don't say, 'I have many, many gay friends,'? Swanson said. ?It's almost like saying, 'I have many, many gay fornicators;' 'I have many, many gay liar friends;' it's just craziness. I just interviewed this guy who goes into maximum security prisons and he interviews serial killers and I appreciate this guy, he's actually had an opportunity to tal

One of Russia's jailed Pussy Riot punks complained Monday of grey monotony and strict rules in her prison camp in the Urals mountains, in her first detailed account of her experiences.

A Yemeni who died in September at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide, and his remains will be repatriated, the US military said Saturday.

Who is the real Bradley Manning: a fragile and unstable being, with suicidal tendencies, or a man of conscience, aware of his actions and determined to make his mark in the world?

The European Parliament roundly condemned Iran as it awarded its prestigious Sakharov prize Wednesday to lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar Panahi, who are both detained back home.

A Bahraini court cut on Tuesday the jail terms against rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who is behind bars for taking part in anti-regime protests, from a total of three years to two, lawyers said.

South Africa's highest court ruled Tuesday that prisons are responsible for protecting inmates' health, finding jail authorities liable for negligence in the case of a prisoner who sued them for contracting tuberculosis.

Another of the military officials who oversaw WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning's detention at a Virginia military prison testified Friday that he was kept on suicide watch for his own protection, never to "punish" him.

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was placed in solitary confinement at a military jail to protect him from attacks by "patriotic" inmates, the Marine brig commander said.

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was placed in solitary confinement in a military prison to protect him from possible attacks from "patriotic" inmates, the Marine brig commander said Thursday.

The murder of a 10-year-old boy whose throat was slit in a Taiwan playground has reignited a debate over the death penalty after the suspect reportedly said he was anticipating free board and lodging in jail.

A Dutch judge on Thursday said that three teenage footballers accused of beating a linesman to death should be kept behind bars for another fortnight for police to probe the brutal killing.

The sound of male inmates singing a hymn of repentance as others play tennis in a lush garden would have you believe Indonesia's most infamous prison has been radically transformed.

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the appeal of a death row inmate who claimed he was poorly defended and abused as a child.

Zambia's High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark human rights case.

Zambia's High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark human rights case.

A Macau triad boss known as "Broken Tooth" walked free from jail on Saturday after more than 14 years behind bars for heading a gang blamed for a string of murders and bombings in the former Portuguese colony.

A Macau triad boss known as "Broken Tooth" walked free from jail Saturday after more than 14 years behind bars for heading a gang blamed for a string of murders and bombings in the former Portuguese colony.

Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga, reports say.