Iraq's justice minister announced Wednesday that 26 former officials in the government of Saddam Hussein have been transferred from US to Iraqi custody as US troops prepare to withdraw from the country next month. The prisoners,...
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The UK High Court announced Wednesday that a lawsuit, filed by former Guantanamo Bay detainees and alleging that the UK government was complicit in their torture, can proceed. The lawsuit, filed by 12 ex-detainees, alleges that...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday preventing a new Nebraska abortion law from being enforced. The law, known as the Women's...
The Taipei District Court announced Wednesday that a prosecutor and three judges had been arrested on corruption charges. The three judges, all from the Taiwan High Court [official website, in...
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue on Tuesday condemned an Italian bill that would restrict the use of wiretaps and criminalize the reporting of wiretap...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision that granted the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Adahi. In reversing the decision,...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini was transferred to his homeland of Yemen after a federal court ordered his release [opinion,...
The US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday began the trial in a case challenging the constitutionality of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy . Judge...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indecency policy is unconstitutional. The court held that the FCC's policy is a violation of...
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani , ruling that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was not...
