UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on the Libyan government to stop the violence directed at protesters within that nation. Pillay's statement, directed at Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ,...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases: one determining whether a court may modify a sentence when the US Sentencing Commission has subsequently lowered the sentence range...

A Chinese appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of US geologist Xue Feng , sentenced to eight years in prison for committing industrial espionage. The court's decision was immediately met with expressions of disappointment by...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked federal judge Roger Vinson to clarify his ruling to require states to enact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Somali pirate Abduwali Muse to 34 years in prison for the 2009 hijacking of the vessel Maersk...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Thursday used the death of a Guantanamo detainee to highlight what it claims are problems with the detention system currently used by the US for...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on the Mexican government to investigate possible complicity by government officials in the mid-December abduction of 40 Central American migrants. While details are somewhat...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in FCC v. AT&T on whether exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text;...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument in two criminal cases, one involving law enforcement creating exigent circumstances for entering a home without a warrant, and the other interpreting a provision of the Armed Career...