John Doe I et al. v. Alberto Gonzales et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 24, 2006 [remanding a case involving a permanent government ban on speech when an individual receives a National Security Letter...
Human Rights in Iraq, 1 March-30 April 2006, United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq, May 23, 2006 . Read the full text...
US Marines involved in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Hadithah last November will face charges and possible courts-martial, according to US Marine Corps Gen. Michael W. Hagee , who said on Wednesday that a criminal investigation...
Former US President Jimmy Carter told a conference of human rights leaders at the The Carter Center in Atlanta Wednesday that immigration was a human rights issue and that he backed the Comprehensive Immigration...
A magistrate in Sierra Leone Wednesday granted bail of $8,000 each to three men charged with inspecting a prohibited area and conspiracy to assist former Liberian president Charles Taylor escape from prison at the...
Three Egyptian journalists and a lawyer have been charged with slandering a local election commission chief by alleging fraud in Egypt's November parliamentary election and publishing the names of two judges accused of rigging results in a runoff poll...
Regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) have announced a $400 million settlement with the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae ....
A lawyer for the government of Sudan urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the 17 sailors killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the...
A federal judge on Wednesday gave final approval to a $6.6 billion settlement between former Enron shareholders and the three banks accused of helping Enron hide financial shortcomings to deceive investors. Lead plaintiff's attorney...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed nationally-coordinated complaints on Wednesday against telecommunications companies and the attorneys general of twenty states requesting investigations into the legality of information sharing between phone companies and the National Security Agency...