World Prison Population List, King's College International Centre for Prison Studies, June 27, 2005. Excerpt:Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. Almost half...

After spending the weekend at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay, US Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) told reporters Monday that while closing the military detention center is not necessary, establishing a precise legal status...

New United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres Monday urged countries to grant asylum to refugees rather than seal borders because of fears of terrorism. His call came at the end of a three-day visit to...

US Department of Defense officials Monday released a new policy on responsibilities of military healthcare providers to detainees. The memorandum , circulated internally last week , reaffirms standards similar to those used in US federal prisons,...

Six Pakistanis formerly held at Guantanamo Bay told reporters Monday after their release from subsequent detention in a Pakistani prison in Lahore that US personnel at the camp had abused the Koran in their presence. After...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC is investigating IBM , the company announced today. In a press release, IBM said that it received a request to voluntarily comply with the SEC's informal investigation....

Leading Monday's states brief, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that allowing jurors to submit questions to witnesses is not a per se violation of a defendant's right to a fair trial in criminal cases. One defendant's...

Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi told local leaders in the southern Iraqi province of Nassriya on Monday that some countries are pressing for a delay in the trial of Saddam Hussein. He did not specific which countries, but Iraq's...

A Turkish prosecutor has asked for life sentences for four alleged conspirators in the November 2003 bombings in Istanbul that killed 61 people and wounded hundreds more. The trial actually encompasses 71 defendants; in addition...

An Italian judicial source told Reuters Monday that Italy plans to formally seek the extradition of 13 agents working for the CIA for their alleged role in the 2003 seizure and deportation from Italy of Egyptian imam Abu Omar...