Pfc. Bradley Manning was formally charged with 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, under the Espionage Act on Thursday. Manning declined to enter a plea at the hearing. The maximum penalty...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that buccal mouth swabs may be used to extract DNA samples from any adult arrested or charged with a felony in California. The 2-1...
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has told the court that he is saddened by "charges of unfair and baseless fabrications" and expressed his confidence in the Egyptian judicial system. Mubarak's remarks were published...
The continuing dispute between Cambodia and the UN over the appointment of Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) threatens the legitimacy of the court , the Open...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide in Turkey cannot sue German insurance companies for failed life insurance...
The Maryland Senate on Thursday approved the Civil Marriage Protection Act , which would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The legislation passed by a 25-22 margin in the Senate, having already been approved by the...
A Guantanamo Bay detainee reached a plea agreement with military prosecutors on Wednesday that included an agreement to testify against other detainees. Under the agreement, detainee Majid Khan , a 31-year-old former Baltimore-area resident, will be...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that Italy violated international human rights laws when a group of Somalian and Eritrean migrants traveling from Libya were intercepted by Italian authorities and returned to...
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Wednesday was granted permission by a pretrial chamber to expand his investigation of war crimes in the Ivory Coast to incidents dating...
The Council of Europe's (COE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Punishment (CPT) published a report Wednesday rejecting the practice of surgical castration as a means of treatment for...
