Members of the European Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee expressed concern Friday that the human rights situation in Turkey is worsening, saying they heard increased accounts of torture, abductions and other abuses during...
The US Department of Homeland Security laid out its plans to put up a "virtual fence" along the US borders with Canada and Mexico during a press conference Friday announcing that Boeing Corp. has...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has set April 2 as the tentative trial date for former Liberian President Charles Taylor . Justice Julia Sebutinde announced the date Friday during...
A prosecutor told a British court-martial Thursday that senior UK military officers should be held responsible for the abuse of Iraqi detainees in UK custody because they failed to develop adequate checking procedures on junior personnel. Colonel Jorge Mendonca,...
Thailand's king has voiced his support for Tuesday's coup that brought General Sonthi Boonyaratglin to power, according to an announcement on Thai state-run television on Friday. Although the leaders of the new "Council of Administrative...
French President Jacques Chirac on Friday reaffirmed his confidence in the judiciary after meeting with top members of the French judiciary who have asked Chirac to rein in French Interior Minister...
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of powers requirement, the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the OPEN Government Act Thursday, a bill that would punish federal agencies that fail to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in...
Agreement upon Common Article 3, September 21, 2006 [military commissions legislation language agreed to by Senate GOP leaders and the White House that would make the President the arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions for the United States,...
Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will be jailed if they continue to refuse to identify the person who leaked secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other athletes, regarding an investigation into the now-defunct Bay Area...