The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will amend proposed investigation guidelines to comport with the concerns of Congress and civil liberties groups, according to testimony by Assistant Attorney General Elisebeth Cook given Tuesday...
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An en-banc panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday clarified the test to be used to determine whether a design patent has been infringed. The issue came...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis "pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari." Davis had been scheduled to be executed...
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) chair Leila de Lima said Tuesday that torture is prevalent in the country's prison system and that her organization has documented over 300 cases of abuse in...
Myanmar state media outlets announced Tuesday that the state's ruling junta released 9,002 prisoners for good behavior, including U Win Tin , a founder of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the...
A US district judge in enjoined the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch on Monday from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property. US District Judge Jane J. Boyle...
A spokesman for South African President Thabo Mbeki said Tuesday that Mbeki has challenged in the county's Constitutional Court allegations that he interfered with a case against Mbeki's political rival and current African...
Complaints filed with a Senegal prosecutor last week by fourteen Chadian and Senegalese citizens alleging that former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was responsible for war crimes and torture are merely "judicial persecution,"...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo traveled to New York Monday to seek support from members of the United Nations and the African Union for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC...
Human Rights Watch(HRW) on Monday called on the Saudi Arabian government to end its 'systematic discrimination' against its Ismaili religious minority . HRW urged Saudi officials to create a national institution to recommend...
