Jordan and Britain announced Monday that the two countries have agreed to allow Adalah ("justice" in Arabic) , an independent human rights organization, to monitor the treatment of suspects detained pursuant to a recent UK/Jordan extradition agreement [JURIST...

Speaking before the UK Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights Monday, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke said that new anti-terror legislation recently proposed by the government would have a direct impact on militant...

US President George W. Bush, citing confidentiality, said on Monday he would not release any records of his conversations with Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers regarding advice Miers gave him while acting as his lawyer. Bush...

Former Rwandan army officer Col. Theoneste Bagosora , accused of being the "mastermind" behind the country's 1994 genocide , took the witness stand Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and denied a role...

A Russian NGO said Monday that a group of Russian human rights activists have urged Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to work to secure the transfer of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and...

A major Nepalese radio station appealed to the country's Supreme Court Sunday after its office was raided and equipment seized by Nepalese police on Friday. Kantipur FM filed a writ to the court to condemn the raid...

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he has a "growing concern" that the federal government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation does not meet international standards for political and civil rights. After posting a confidential copy...

The FBI has conducted secret surveillance of US citizens and legal residents for up to 18 months without notifying the Justice Department, according to documents released Monday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) . EPIC made...

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee was arrested in Russia's Caucasus yesterday after evidence surfaced that he was involved in a rebel attack there last week. Rasul Kudayev was one of seven Russian nationals arrested by US...

Sanjar Umarov , head of Uzbekistan's Sunshine Uzbekistan opposition coalition, was arrested and charged with corruption Sunday. The state prosecutor's office has said that Umarov is charged with stealing money through his business dealings, though Sunshine...