Judge Henry Kennedy of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release legal memoranda relating to the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program . The issue came before the court in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy [...]

Officials from the German Foreign Ministry on Saturday said that Germany will seek a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to block new claims for personal damages resulting from Nazi actions in World War II. Germany is seeking the ruling after a recent decision by Italy's high court, the Court of Cassation , [...]

Mexico's federal police commissioner Gerardo Garay has resigned in the face of recent allegations that Mexican law enforcement offices have been infiltrated by drug cartels. Garay said in a statement Saturday that he was resigning in cooperation with authorities so that he could resolve the allegations against him. Garay took control of the Federal Preventative [...]

Sharon Kelly : "One week before the presidential election, the Guantanamo trials grind slowly on, although this week's trial of Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul, a Yemeni accused of being Osama Bin Laden's media adviser, may very well mark the beginning of the end of proceedings at the facility. Both Senator Obama and Senator McCain [...]

The jury in the US military commission trial of alleged al Qaeda media director Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul reached a verdict in the case Friday, but that will not be unsealed until Monday, when al Bahlul is present in the courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Al Bahlul, a 39-year old Yemeni citizen, [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday urged Japan to take steps to abolish the death penalty , reiterating its concern that the number of crimes punished by death in Japan has not been reduced and that the number of executions has steadily increased. In concluding observations at its 94th Session in Geneva , the [...]

US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch announced Friday that Libya has made its final deposit to a $1.5 billion fund for US terrorism victims. Under a US-Libya agreement concluded in August, President George W. Bush subsequently issued an Executive Order restoring the immunities of Libya and Libyan officials before US courts and dismissing cases [...]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees. One detainee was transferred to Tajikistan and one to Kazakhstan. DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes and of US desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary. The Department reports that [...]

A US military judge denied a request by prosecutors Thursday to reconsider the prison term for Salim Ahmed Hamdan , the former driver for Osama Bin Laden . US military and civilian prosecutors filed the motion in September, arguing that the Guantanamo military commission which heard his case improperly gave him credit for time spent [...]

A draft of a European Commission report obtained by a Serbian newspaper this week has confirmed that Serbia should remain eligible for candidacy within the European Union in 2009 provided the country continues to make progress on fighting corruption, forming an independent judiciary, and complying fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [...]