Leading Friday's international brief, four high profile Egyptian judges who spoke out against fellow colleagues accused of rigging votes in last year's presidential elections have been stripped of judicial immunity and are scheduled to be questioned by Egyptian police...

A UK High Court judge has ruled that three UK residents detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 can seek a court order requiring the British government to petition the US government...

As ongoing unrest stemming from the controversy over the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad continues, Pakistani police on Friday placed radical Islamic leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed under house arrest to prevent him from giving his usual...

Sheriff's officials in Los Angeles have said they intend to pursue criminal charges against at least two dozen inmates who participated in a series of racially motivated riots in early February at the North County Correctional Facility...

A Belgian court has convicted three men for being members of an Islamic group connected to terror attacks in Casablanca in May 2003 and Madrid in March 2004. The men were on trial for their alleged...

The UN High Commission on Refugees has expressed alarm at Ukraine's deportation of 10 Uzbek asylum-seekers to Uzbekistan where they may face torture and abuse, alleging the deportations violated international...

French Justice Minister Pascal Clement has responded to a new Council of Europe (COE) report released on Wednesday criticizing France's human rights record by calling it "unfair". The 100 page report...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday rejected a call from thirty-one Senate Democrats to recuse himself from the ongoing investigation of Jack Abramoff because he was too close to the...

EPIC v. DOJ, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, February 16, 2006 [ordering the US Department of Justice to respond to a FOIA request filed by the Electronic Information Privacy Center (EPIC) and produce documents related to...

The US Senate moved closer towards a long-term renewal of the USA Patriot Act Thursday, easily overcoming a filibuster by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in a 96-3 vote ....