A judge in London ruled on Monday that a Muslim woman who is a defendant in an upcoming trial must remove her full-face veil when presenting evidence. A judge for the Blackfriars Crown Court held that...
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A judge at Guantanamo Bay is considering whether to delay the trials of five men charged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks because lawyers in the case have lost data due to problems with a Pentagon computer system....
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted within its authority to work with six states and Washington, DC, in promulgating the Final...
Bahrain security forces are detaining children without cause and "subject them to ill-treatment that may rise to the level of torture," according to a report released Sunday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Bahrain is specifically accused [press...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated provisions of the state's "aggravated weapon use" law as facially violative of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. In 2008 Chicago police...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday praised the Syrian government's formal agreement to sign and abide by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) . CWC signatories must agree to "chemically disarm" by destroying chemical weapon...
A judge for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) on Friday ordered the review of FISC opinions to identify which are subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosure. The order comes in...
An independent UN human rights expert on Friday urge Moldovan authorities to adopt regulations that allow for greater inclusion for those with disabilities and Romas into society. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights [official...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated in a UN meeting on Friday that an expert team's report will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in the August 21 attack on Damascus.The attack , which has been...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Friday that the US government does not have to release photographs and videotapes taken during the investigation of Mohammed al-Qahtani's...
