The US Department of Homeland Security is expected to issue stricter guidelines this week to enhance employer compliance with federal immigration regulations, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Under the proposed new rules, employers who receive notices...

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said Tuesday that although Mexico has played a large role in advocating for human rights in the international arena, the country has failed to adequately address rights abuses at home. Amnesty...

Dr. Mohammad Haneef , who was detained by Australian authorities last month in connection with the attempted UK car bomb terror attacks , on Wednesday appealed the decision of Australian Immigration and Citizenship Minister Kevin Andrews...

The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has adopted the "Kurdistan Oil and Gas Law" after KRG Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani signed legislation Tuesday that will allow the Kurdish government to control its own...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to use experimental drugs that have passed limited safety trials but have not been...

A lawyer for the Palestinian doctor jailed and allegedly tortured with five Bulgarian nurses for allegedly purposely infecting children with HIV in Libya said Tuesday that he intends to file a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee [official...

The defense in the Jose Padilla terror trial rested its case Tuesday without Padilla's lawyers calling any witnesses. Padilla did not testify in the trial, nor did co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi [GlobalSecurity...

China has not kept its promises to improve human rights and press freedom in preparation for the 2008 Olympics slated to open next August in Beijing, according to a new report released Tuesday by...

Abagail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs and Washington Legal Foundation v. Andrew von Eschenbach, In his official capacity as Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 7,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the state of California acted unconstitutionally by threatening criminal prosecution and shutting down websites that incorporated vote-swapping mechanisms prior to the 2000 US presidential election,...