Executions in the US are at a 14-year low and the number of death sentences has dropped 60 percent since the 1990s, according to a report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information...
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The Angolan government should stop torture and unfair trials in the province of Cabinda , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) statement issued Wednesday. HRW alleges that at least 15 civilians...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Ashcroft v. Iqbal , the Court heard arguments on whether high-ranking US officials are protected...
The Indian government on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to ban a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks . Indian Minister of State...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in an en banc rehearing of Arar v. Ashcroft . Canadian citizen Maher Arar is seeking a declaratory...
The Malaysian government has released six terror suspects, including Yazid Sufaat who allegedly gave assistance to the 9/11 attackers , according to a Wednesday statement from Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Yazid, released last...
Tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , and is celebrated as International Human Rights Day . The occasion will be commemorated with a number of special events at the...
Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Arizona v. Johnson , the Court heard arguments on whether the Fourth Amendment permits a...
US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Monday told reporters that confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder would begin in January, as soon as the Senate reconvenes. Leahy, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee...
