US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann ruled Monday that defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier could gain access to Camp 7 , a special camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" at...
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A US military judge ruled Tuesday that a confession given by Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad to Afghan officials following his capture in 2002 was obtained using torture and is therefore...
Hu Jia , a Chinese human rights activist convicted in April on charges of inciting subversion of state power , was awarded the Sakharov Prize on Thursday by the European Parliament...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has denied requests by former Khmer Rouge officials Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary to receive court-appointed medical experts who would determine whether the...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed Tuesday that the military prison at Guantanamo Bay would remain open for the duration of President George W. Bush's administration. The New York Times reported earlier in...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday ruled on two separate appeals filed by the Office of the Chief Prosecutor , reversing for now the Trial Chamber's decision to release former...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two decisions Thursday finding Russia in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in cases concerning the deaths or abductions of Russian nationals in Chechnya...
US President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Thursday that creates a Transition Coordinating Council to head up transition efforts of executive agencies and the incoming administration in the months leading up to the...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Tuesday arrested more than 300 people suspected of being illegal aliens during an immigration sting at a Columbia Farms poultry processing plant in South Carolina. ICE officials...
Lawyers providing free legal advice to parents of children in China sickened by tainted milk products have been pressured by Chinese officials to stop providing legal services, according to one of the lawyers speaking to the Associated...
