An Iraqi court Tuesday convicted and sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for the 2004 kidnapping and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan . Ali Lutfi al-Rawi, allegedly a member of a gang that kidnapped and killed Hassan in Baghdad, pleaded not guilty to the charges. After a hearing in Baghdad's Central [...]

A Pakistani court on Tuesday ended the house arrest of the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) , the Pakistani militant group suspected of carrying out the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack . The Lahore High Court said that there was insufficient evidence linking Hafiz Muhammad Saeed or his charity group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), to the attacks by [...]

A team of investigators from the UN Human Rights Council arrived in Gaza Monday to begin examining alleged violations of international human rights law during December and January's fighting between Israel and Hamas. The team is headed by former South African Constitutional Court judge Richard Goldstone, who was also the chief prosecutor at the International [...]

Former Enron executive Kevin Howard pleaded guilty Monday to falsifying books and records in relation to Enron's broadband service. The plea resulted from accusations that Howard indirectly caused the false recording of revenue earnings for Enron by failing to disclose material facts to outside accountant Arthur Andersen and Oregon video-on-demand company nCube. Prosecutors alleged that [...]

A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion filed in April by the government asking that he certify and suspend his earlier ruling , which allowed the [...]

The decision to not release photographs allegedly depicting detainee abuse followed warnings from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that releasing the photos would cause more violence and could delay the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, according to a McClatchy report published Monday. According to the report, Maliki warned that the public would not differentiate [...]

National Rifle Association of America, Inc. et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, June 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. NRA v Chicago – Get more Business Documents

Bill C-35, Canadian Ministry of Public Safety, June 2, 2009 . Read the full text of the proposed legislation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Manifesto sobre la reforma legislativa que introducira limitaciones el ejercicio de la justicia universal, more than 100 human rights groups, June 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Manifesto

US Attorney General Eric Holder said that appropriate steps would be taken to help prevent acts of violence related to the Sunday shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller . Holder has enlisted the US Marshal Service to offer protection to other at-risk people and facilities in the country. Additionally, Holder maintained that the Department of [...]