Polish prosecutors investigating an alleged secret CIA prison announced Monday that they are asking US officials to question two Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were held and abused at the site. The...
Use of the death penalty is on the decline across the world, according to a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . Excluding China, which keeps its death penalty statistics secret, the number...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in a case over whether an employment discrimination claim can be brought against a religiously affiliated school despite the "ministerial exception." In Hosanna-Tabor...
A former Khmer Rouge prison guard at the notorious Toul Sleng prison appeared at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday to appeal his 35-year prison sentence. Lawyers for Kaing Guek...
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Monday that it would lift the state of emergency before parliamentary polls to be held in September. General Mamdouh Shaheen, speaking for the military council,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a ban on strikes and inciting protests in Egypt as a violation of international law. Upon ratification by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [NYT...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on Thursday to compel the release of documents related to the 2009 Honduras coup . The complaint names the US Department of Defense (DOD) and...
US Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) on Friday announced legislation requiring an immediate halt to military action in Libya until Congress authorizes its resumption. The Restoring Essential Constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military (RECLAIM)...
A Wisconsin legislative measure designed to curb the collective bargaining power of unions could become law as early as Saturday, despite an order enjoining Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette from publishing the...
The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday granted Canada's request to hear its dispute of the EU's ban on the import of seal products. Canada requested establishment of...