A French court Friday ordered former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ridouane Khalid jailed, and former Gitmo detainee Khaled ben Mustafa, who was already in custody, to remain behind bars. Both men were detained at the US military...

The US Army has announed that it has reopened an investigation into the death of Mohammad Munim al-Izmerly, an Iraqi scientist who died after 10 months in US custody. Al-Izmerly was alleged to have experimented with the...

Schiavo v. Schiavo, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Judge James Whittemore, March 25, 2005 [refusing for a second time to issue an injunction authorizing the re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and denying the substantial...

The New York Court of Appeals , the state's highest court, ruled Thursday that the New York City Fire Department must release portions of audiotapes and transcripts from 911 calls related to the 2001 terrorist attacks....

The UN Security Council Thursday unanimously voted to send over 10,000 peacekeepers to Sudan in an effort to monitor a peace deal intended to end a 21-year civil war. The resolution sidesteps issues regarding...

US District Judge James Whittemore has denied a second emergency request from Terri Schiavo's parents to reconnect the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. Whittemore denied a first request on Tuesday , but after that was unsuccessfully appealed...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, March 25.Today is Good Friday, and most UN, EU and many US government offices and courts are closed for the holiday.The US Senate...

Internet Communications, Federal Elections Commission , March 24, 2005 . Read the full text of the draft guidelines here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

In re Schiavo v. Schindler, Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Judge George Greer, March 24, 2005 [denying a motion to by the Florida Department of Children and Families to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case on grounds of alleged abuse...

Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly, United Nations, March 24, 2005 . Excerpt:In particular, the revelations in 2004 of...