The head of a special three-judge panel of Peru's Supreme Court announced Friday that the court would consolidate six separate charges against former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori into three "megatrials" and one other trial...

A second US Army officer who sat on Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) at Guantanamo Bay has made an affidavit criticizing the panels for being inconsistent and biased towards the government. Attorneys...

Pakistan's current president and military leader General Pervez Musharraf won an overwhelming victory in presidential elections Saturday, according to unofficial results. Musharraf collected 252 out of 257 votes in the National Assembly of Pakistan and...

US President George W. Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Friday about their concerns over potential damage to US-Turkey relations if the US House of Representatives passes HR 106 , a...

US District Judge Benjamin Settle Friday temporarily blocked a second court-martial for US Army Iraq war objector 1st Lt. Ehren Watada that had been scheduled to begin October 9. Settle ruled that a second proceeding would...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday responded to growing concerns over the conduct of Blackwater security escorts working for the State Department in Iraq by directing that all Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news...

A federal judge Friday overturned his previous ruling dismissing 16 lawsuits challenging the indefinite detention of about 40 terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay , in the process avoiding new limitations on lawyers' access to...

The UN special envoy to Myanmar noted what he characterized as continuing and disturbing reports of abuses being committed by security and non-uninformed elements at a meeting of the UN Security Council Friday as Myanmar officials continued the hunt...

The Chinese Medical Association (CMA) agreed at a meeting of the World Medical Association in Copenhagen Friday to end the harvesting of organs from prisoners, except for transplant into close relatives. In a letter to...

The top military prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes trials has resigned his post, according to a US Department of Defense (DOD) spokesman Friday. Air Force Col. Moe Davis requested a transfer from Guantanamo...