Medical professionals violated codes of medical ethics by participating in and assisting in ill-treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, says a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross , made public Monday. The report...

A US immigration judge on Monday revoked a stay of deportation issued Friday for accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk . The stay had been ordered Friday after Demjanjuk filed a motion...

A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court Monday, asking...

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal v. Beard . The Court offered no explanation for their refusal to hear the appeal of journalist and...

The US Supreme Court issued two opinions Monday. The Court ruled 5-4 in Corley v. United States that federal statutory and case...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that a law which severely limits the rights of married Shi’ite women in Afghanistan would not be enforced until the country's Ministry of Justice has complete reviewing...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Perdue v. Kenny A. , in which the Court will consider whether an attorney’s fee award under a federal fee-shifting...

Belgium urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday to compel Senegal either to begin proceedings against former Chadian president Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity or to extradite him to Belgium...

The US Navy on Friday reassigned Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler , a military lawyer who had been in charge of defending Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , after Kuebler filed a formal complaint against a military official overseeing...

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has released a final version of a report reiterating his allegations that the Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses during the "war on terror"...