Medical personnel present as part of the Bush administration's enhanced interrogations were collecting and analyzing data in order to develop more effective interrogation procedures, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . The techniques used by the interrogators, including waterboarding , sleep deprivation, and prolonged isolation, were [...]

The Israeli ambassador to the US rejected the idea of an international inquiry into the Israeli raid on several ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip , during an appearance on FOX News Sunday . The proposal, put forth by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , would have established a panel comprised of representatives from Israel, [...]

Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland announced Sunday that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have launched an investigation into whether Google violated privacy laws while collecting images for its Street View maps. Google confirmed earlier this month that it had been inadvertently collecting and storing data obtained from streetscape pictures on unsecured wireless networks. Google has [...]

An Indian court on Monday convicted seven former employees of US chemical producer Union Carbide on charges relating to the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster . The seven men were convicted of "death by negligence" and sentenced to two years in prison each and ordered to pay USD $2,100. An eighth man who is now [...]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday announced the creation of a commission to review the cases of all suspected Taliban militants currently being held in custody. Suspects that are being held without sufficient evidence will immediately be released. The announcement comes two days after the end of a national peace summit aimed at ending the nine-year [...]

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission announced Sunday that the agency has lifted a ban against Facebook after the social networking site agreed to remove content depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The commission blocked access to Facebook last week in response to objectionable caricatures of the Prophet that surfaced on the service, causing outrage among the nation's [...]

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court Saturday upheld a ruling requiring the country's Ministry of Interior to revoke the citizenship of Egyptian men married to Jewish Israeli women. The court distinguished Israeli women of Jewish origin from those of Arab origin, saying the two are fundamentally different because Arab Israeli women have been living under Israeli occupation [...]

The Chilean Supreme Court released a report Friday detailing the secret fortune of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet , estimating it at over $20 million. The report concluded that Pinochet's military salary accounted for less than 10 percent of the total. This report joins another on Pinochet's hidden assets released last September . That report [...]

US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of Rwanda genocide denial. Rwandan prosecutors claim that as a result of his past American publications on the Rwandan genocide in tandem with his work as defense counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) , Erlinder has become an [...]

Turkey’s Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB) has indefinitely restricted several Google services, including Google Docs and Google Translate, due to "legal reasons," according to local news reports . The TIB, which controls Internet accessibility in Turkey, released a statement Friday stating that it has blocked certain Google IP addresses. The formal announcement came after several Internet [...]