The US Department of Justice Friday announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency working in New Orleans in the post-Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Friday lifted a preliminary injunction by a lower federal court that had blocked a Kansas law requiring health care officials to report consensual sex by...
The effort by Democratic Senators John Kerry (D-MA) , Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and others to attempt a last-minute filibuster blocking the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito [JURIST news...
An act relating to the jurisdiction of the Washington human rights commission, Washington Senate, January 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
Memorandum for Record - Report of Violations of the Geneva Conventions and the International Laws of Land Warfare, US Department of Defense, June 10, 2004 [Defense Intelligence Agency report of a May 2004 incident where a non-combatant wife of a...
The Washington State Senate on Friday passed a landmark gay civil rights bill that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, lending and employment. The legislation was approved by...
British police Friday charged Muhedin Ali, 27, in connection with the attempt to bomb the London subway and a bus on July 21, 2005. Ali was arrested January 17 and is charged with helping another bomber, Hussein Osman, evade...
The Russian Justice Ministry has asked a court to close down the Russian Human Rights Research Center, a major human rights umbrella group, based on allegations that the center has not filed reports on its...
US military forces in Iraq have detained wives of suspected insurgents in an attempt to "leverage" their husbands' surrender on at least two occasions, according to documents released by the military to the ACLU under the rights group's ongoing...
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Friday that detainees at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay who have been in the camp up to four years should have their cases heard and decided. Speaking to...
