The Bush administration has declined requests from the US Senate Judiciary Committee to produce classified legal opinions on the NSA's domestic spying program for a hearing scheduled for Monday . The...
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Irwin Cotler , the outgoing Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, has said that despite some indications from Canada's incoming Conservative party government , he doubts that the country's recently enacted same-sex marriage law [JURIST...
The US House on Wednesday approved a new short-term extension of the USA Patriot Act that will last until March 10. Certain provisions of the law were originally set to expire on December 31, but were extended...
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday called for a re-examination of antitrust laws after the Committee held a hearing on consolidation in the energy industry . Specter noted that the Federal...
Both India and Indonesia have rejected a report released Wednesday by human rights groups claiming that relief efforts for the devastating 2004 tsunami were marred by numerous violations of the rights of...
Two prosecution witnesses testified Thursday in the trial of Saddam Hussein on crimes against humanity charges before the trial was once again adjourned until February 13 to allow time for more witnesses...
Leading Thursday's international brief, more than 500 people have been arrested in Nepal for protesting the autocratic rule of King Gyanendra on Wednesday, the one year anniversary of the 'Black Day' last February 1 when Gyanendra dismissed...
The UK House of Lords Wednesday narrowly defeated government-proposed amendments to the UK Terrorism Bill that would have given the police more power to control information on websites thought to be related to terrorist groups....
Caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad were reprinted in newspapers on Wednesday in Italy, Germany, France and Spain, sparking a new debate over freedom of expression in Europe and drawing protests from Muslims in Europe and the Middle...
Following a meeting Wednesday with Austrian Interior and Justice ministers, Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Austria for being complacent in investigating and prosecuting suspects involved in Nazi war crimes, saying that the...
