No federal civil rights charges will be filed in the 1955 killing of Emmett Till , according to an FBI statement issued Thursday citing the expiration of a five year statute of limitations. Till, a 14-year...
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have both said in recent speeches that they have been the target of death threats. In a speech last...
The European Parliament Thursday urged Senegal to provide for a fair trial of former Chad President Hissene Habre , either in Senegal or through extradition to Belgium, which has issued...
Former Bosnia Serb paramilitary leader Gojko Jankovic pleaded not guilty to war crimes Thursday before the new War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Jankovic is the second Bosnian war crimes...
Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006, introduced by Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) and others, March 16, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill as introduced . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Four Republican Senators introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize but limit warrantless domestic surveillance of US citizens. Sponsored by Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio with Olympia Snowe of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South...
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem and the Israel chapter of Physicians for Human Rights Thursday accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of violating international law by allowing the press to photograph Palestinian detainees...
The UK House of Commons and House of Lords Thursday continued their protracted duel over controversial provisions in two key security bills, with the Commons voting - over Lords' objections - to reinsert a "glorification"...
Carla Martin, the Transportation Security Administration lawyer who improperly coached witnesses against defendant Zacarias Moussaoui in his September 11 sentencing trial, was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday. According to trial judge...
Manfred Nowak , the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture told reporters Thursday that the European Union should push the US to close its detention center at Guantanamo Bay due to documented human...
