A terror suspect believed to be associated with senior al Qaeda leaders and related terrorist groups in Afghanistan was transferred to Guantanamo Bay Friday. The US Department of Defense (DOD) says that...

The Poisoned Chalice: A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper on the Decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal in the Dujail Case, Human Rights Watch, June 22, 2007 [finding that the Iraqi High Tribunal's judgment in the Dujail case contained serious...

The White House Friday denied a Thursday AP report that officials are nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, saying that, although there is a general desire to eventually close the...

Negotiations to establish an international broadcasting treaty at the Second Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) failed Friday, as US and European delegations were unable to overcome fundamental differences concerning the extent...

The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) judgment convicting former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants of crimes against humanity committed in the Iraqi town of Dujail [JURIST news archive; BBC...

Two Chinese labor officials were arrested Friday after allegations broke that they failed to report the enslavement of hundreds of people, which included not only adults, but also children and the mentally retarded. A total of 359 people, with...

Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande announced Friday the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect Isaac Kamali by US authorities at the Philadelphia International Airport while Kamali was attempting to enter the United States earlier this...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Thursday that to keep guns away from the mentally ill, all states must upgrade their reporting to the National Instant...

Outgoing US Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty Thursday denied playing a key role in the controversial firings of at least eight US Attorneys in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee . McNulty...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal district judge Thursday to block New Jersey, Vermont, Maine, Missouri, and Connecticut from investigating potential violations of state consumer privacy laws in the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program...