The US Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to require broadband and Internet phone companies to cover the costs of providing mandatory wiretap access to law enforcement authorities....
The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and...
AP is reporting that the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for seven days. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges last year. The...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday ruled that the state of emergency decree issued by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in February was constitutional, but struck down portions of the proclamation...
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has blasted recent suggestions that a watchdog post be created to oversee conduct of federal judges. Ginsburg said the judiciary was "under assault" and called for lawyers to defend judges...
Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, May 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in...
The Moscow City Court has denied the appeal of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky , saying it could find no grounds to reconsider Khodorkovsky's eight-year prison sentence . Khodorkovsky's lawyers have...
Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the...
Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their...
Leading Wednesday's international brief, Uganda's second key witness in the treason case against opposition leader Kizza Besigye has admitted to perjury under cross-examination by Besigye's lawyers. Migadde Ssemakula, who claims he is a lieutenant...