US Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday confirmed the Obama administration's intention to close Guantanamo Bay in 2010 despite his belief that the facility is now well-run and that detainees are treated...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Flores-Figueroa v. United States , the Court heard arguments on whether a federal "aggravated identity theft" statute...
China's Information Office of the State Council issued its now-annual report on violations of human rights in and by the United States Thursday a day after the US State Department scolded China ...
A US Green Beret was found not guilty at court-martial Wednesday of murder and mutilating a dead body in connection with the March 2008 killing of an Afghan man near Hyderabad, Afghanistan. Army Special Forces...
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has called for a review of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace immigration raid that occurred in Bellingham, Washington on Tuesday. In a Wednesday...
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced on Wednesday that the Committee is set to begin hearings on the creation of a truth commission charged with investigating the national security policies of the George W....
Human Rights Watch released a new report on Thursday stating that Germany's bans on religious clothing and symbols, particularly those focused on the headscarves worn by Muslim women, are discriminatory...
Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic on Thursday was acquitted of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the...
The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration...
A judge in Lebanon on Wednesday granted bail to three men suspected of involvement in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The judge did not explain why he released [YaLibnan...
