Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee complaining of multiple violations of international law stemming from his five-year incarceration at...
Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold a controversial law that makes it illegal to falsely claim to be a decorated military veteran. The Stolen...
An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday adjourned the trial of former interior minister Habib el-Adly. Judge Ahmed Rifaat ordered four recesses in the first three hours of the morning's proceedings in response to conduct by defense counsel that he...
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of ex-Merrill Lynch executive James Brown stemming from his role in the Enron fraud scandal . Brown was indicted on five counts in 2003...
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming on Friday struck down a set of administrative rules advanced by the Obama administration last year that placed stricter limits on environmental impact requirements...
A coalition of more than 30 rights groups and development organizations in Cambodia issued an open letter Thursday urging the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to embrace a greater degree of transparency....
A Palestinian human rights group released a report this week criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas security forces for violations of civil rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In its newest annual report, the...
A panel in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday denied a motion for pretrial release by former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Sary . Ieng,...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court . According...
International maritime piracy reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2011, says a report released Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The ICC's piracy...
