State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro et al., Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Certain Motions of the Defendants to Quash the Indictments, Travis County District Court, Senior District Judge Pat Priest, December 5, 2005 [throwing out...

Terrorism Bill and related matters, UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, December 5, 2005 [report concluding that currently-proposed provisions in the Terrorism Bill of 2005 - such as the proposal that someone could be found guilty of inciting terrorist...

Remarks on rendition upon departure for Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, December 5, 2005 [stating that the US government has used rendition for decades when traditional extradition was not a viable option, that the US has always acted...

Torture by Proxy: International law applicable to 'Extraordinary Renditions', UK All Party Group on Extraordinary Rendition, December 2005 [briefing paper concluding that the British government could be held liable as an accomplice to American wrongdoing under international law if it...

An Article 32 hearing will begin next Monday for a US Army captain to determine if he should face a court martial on charges that he poorly supervised military police officers guarding suspected terrorists at...

Thirty-three additional people received jail sentences in Uzbekistan Monday for their role in the May 2005 Andijan uprising after being found guilty of murder, terrorist acts and mass riots. Uzbekistan's Supreme Court ...

French President Jacques Chirac offered apologies Monday to 13 people who were wrongly convicted of pedophilia and spent 16-39 months in jail. Chirac called the convictions a "judicial disaster without precedent" and...

Liberia's president-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , soon to becomethe first female president of an African state, vowed Monday that all rapists will be appropriately punished during her presidency according to a new law. The country's parliament passed...

The Texas judge presiding over the trial of Rep. Tom DeLay has thrown out conspiracy charges against the former GOP House Majority Leader but has refused to dismiss money laundering charges [JURIST...

The United Nations envoy to Cambodia has reported that human rights violations in the nation are widespread, and called for greater UN involvement to help persuade the government to comply with UN standards [UN human rights...