Lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr filed a motion Thursday to suspend the proceedings of the Court of Military Commission Review , arguing that the appellate court's three military judges were...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced pardons Friday for 38 opposition members and journalists sentenced to prison for their roles in mass anti-government demonstrations . The pardons were issued after the government received letters of apology...

Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency , President George W. Bush, July 20, 2007 [prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment during the...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard oral arguments on the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday, pursuant to a petition to renew precautionary measures initially granted in March...

Israel released 255 Palestinian prisoners Friday who belong to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement and other minor factions. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the prisoners were not directly...

A senior White House official said Thursday that the administration will not allow the Department of Justice to pursue any contempt of Congress charges brought against White House officials in the congressional probe of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) must pay retroactive benefits to Vietnam War veterans afflicted by chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) , rejecting...

Nuon Chea , former deputy general of the Cambodian Communist Party and the most senior surviving member of the Khmer Rouge regime, indicated Thursday that he expects to appear before the Extraordinary Chambers...

Constitution petitions ruling, Supreme Court of Pakistan, July 20, 2007 . Read the full text...

The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday approved the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act , which, if enacted, will give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broader authority to sanction television and...