In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunication Records Litigation, US District Court for the Northern District of California, January 5, 2009 [ruling that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity alleging it was the subject of illegal wiretaps by the National...
US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday nominated four former Clinton-era attorneys to high-level posts within the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . Obama has designated Elena Kagan as his pick for Solicitor General, David...
The trial for imprisoned Zimbabwe human rights activist and head of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Jestina Mukoko was put on hold Monday until she recieves medical care. Mukoko was allegedly tortured and...
A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ruled that the US Department of Defense (DOD) may withhold from the Associated Press (AP) certain documents relating to investigations of...
The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Monday began hearings in an investigation into how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) failed for years to detect the fraud scheme allegedly perpetrated by...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak on Monday said more countries around the world should accept released Guantanamo...
Associated Press v. US Department of Defense, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 5, 2009 [ruling that the US Department of Defense may withhold from the Associated Press certain documents relating to detainee abuse at detention facilities...
Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian on Monday appealed a Taiwan High Court order that he be detained while awaiting his trial on corruption charges . The court made the decision last week,...
Pakistani officials Saturday announced the re-capture of high-level Taliban operative Ustad Mohammed Yasir in the northern city of Peshawar near the Afghan border. Yasir served as senior aide and spokesman to Taliban leader Mullah Omar . He was...