Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chair of the US Senate Judiciary Committee , asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a letter Thursday to provide more details and respond to outstanding questions...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday filed a stay order in California's 3rd District Court of Appeal to block a ruling unfavorable to his plan to transfer excess prisoners to out-of-state...

Kosovo's parliament voted 100-1 Thursday in support of a UN plan to establish an independent Kosovar state under UN supervision. The plan was drafted by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari , who believes independence from Serbia with international supervision...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that Mexico's now-closed Special Prosecutor's Office failed in its effort to address past human rights abuses stemming from the "Dirty War" of the late 1960s to 1970s [GWU Mexico...

Three men arrested last month in connection with the July 7, 2005 London transit bombings were charged Thursday with unlawfully and maliciously conspiring with the...

A Turkish parliamentary committee okayed legislation Thursday that would censor websites seen as insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Atatürk . Legislators debated whether Turkey should also have the right to censor sites...

The England and Wales Court of Appeals (Civil Division) on Wednesday ruled that three Africans formerly living in the Darfur region of Sudan could be granted asylum in the UK, overruling a...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday that officials who refuse to comply with his decree ordering new elections could face criminal prosecution . Yushchenko issued the decree Monday, ordering parliament dissolved and new...

Ecuador's Constitutional Tribunal on Wednesday upheld last month's decision by the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal to dismiss 57 members of the legislature. The lawmakers, who oppose a planned April 15 referendum...

The Florida Board of Executive Clemency on Thursday voted 3-1 to change the Rules of Executive Clemency so that non-violent felons will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from prison, and released violent...