A protest march by members of the Pakistani lawyers' movement reached the Parliament House in the capital Islamabad on Friday night, JURIST's correspondent in Pakistan reports. The so-called "long march" began in Lahore Monday, and...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Thursday against the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) , alleging that five girls imprisoned at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex ...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Friday ruled that certain parts of a lawsuit brought by the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Orthodox movement against the Russian government could proceed. Chabad...

A Burundi court Thursday released six former police officers convicted of killing a World Health Organization (WHO) official because two key witnesses against the accused escaped from custody. In May of 2005, four of the...

Amnesty International Friday condemned Egypt for plans to deport approximately 1,200 detained Eritrean refugees despite the possibility that they may face torture in their home country. The group called for Egypt to allow the UN...

Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said Friday that a referendum to ratify the new EU reform treaty has failed, with early results showing 53.4 percent of Irish citizens voting against it . The result could...

A US District Court Judge Thursday ordered US Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan G. Weemer jailed for refusing to testify about the deaths of Iraqi detainees during the Multinational Force-Iraq's November 2004 offensive in Fallujah...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday commended the US Supreme Court for its ruling that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees...

The Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) , the national army of the republic of Rwanda, said Thursday that it has arrested four of its officers in connection with the killings of 13 clergyman and two civilians during the 1994...

Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced new federal copyright legislation in the House of Commons Thursday. The reforms update the existing law by taking into account...