Many rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories are granted only conditionally according to a report released Sunday by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) . The report found that...
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The US Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed and remanded a Michigan Court of Appeals decision that found officers violated a defendant's Fourth Amendment rights when they entered his home. In...
A group of Swiss intellectuals on Sunday called for a reversal of Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of minarets . The Swiss intellectual group Club Helvetique told a Swiss newspaper that they...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Christian Legal Society v. Martinez , the Court will consider whether a state law school may...
The Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved an amended version of a controversial election law. Iraqi lawmakers had reached an agreement last month, but amended the legislation in order to...
Greek police conducted raids in Athens Saturday in an effort to avoid a repeat of last years violent protests as the first anniversary of a controversial police shooting approaches. Over 6,000 officers spread across the...
The Obama administration is seeking Illinois congressional support for a plan to purchase a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post reported...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Proclamation 1959 on Friday, imposing martial law and suspending habeas corpus in the province of Maguindanao, the first presidential imposition of martial law in the country since Ferdinand...
A retired Guatemalan colonel has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for his role in the disappearance of eight indigenous Guatemalans during the 36-year Guatemalan civil war . A three-judge court Thursday found Col. Marco Antonio Sanchez...
Enforcement of various civil rights laws decreased during the Bush administration, according to a report released Thursday by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) . The GAO studied the activities of the Civil Rights Division...
