Two US Congressmen Monday pressed their case for legislation investigating the treatment of 2,300 Japanese descendants from 13 Latin American countries held in US internment camps during World War II. Bill sponsors Reps. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Dan Lungren (R-CA) spoke out in a Washington Post editorial on the Day of Remembrance marking the anniversary [...]

The lead judge in the mass trial of suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings asked the Spanish government Monday to declassify documents allegedly linking a defendant to the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) . The 29 defendants are charged with 192 counts of murder and over 1,800 counts of attempted murder related [...]

Former Canadian Supreme Court Justice John Major temporarily closed proceedings on the 1985 Air India bombing investigation on Monday until certain documents are publicly released. Major said he cannot carry out the probe without particular documents from the Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP) and Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) , but the Canadian government maintains [...]

The Philippines House of Representatives adopted a new anti-terrorism law on Monday allowing authorities to detain suspected terrorists for up to three days without filing charges. The legislation, known as the Human Security Act of 2007, includes a provision that grants wrongfully detained persons a right to compensation of up to P500,000, equivalent to roughly [...]

Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella told Rome's Il Messaggero daily on Monday that it is unlikely that Italy will seek extradition of 26 Americans who were indicted last week for their alleged role in the February 2003 abduction and extraordinary rendition of alleged terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in Milan. According to Mastella, Italy [...]

Rwanda released 8,000 prisoners implicated in the country's 1994 genocide Monday in an effort to combat prison overcrowding and promote reconciliation. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and genocide survivors' group Ibuka , among others, have denounced the prisoners' release, warning that could precipitate retribution and violence against genocide survivors. According to a recent HRW report , [...]

Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , sentenced to death in connection with crimes against humanity committed in the town of Dujail in 1982, has alleged in a sworn statement that US forces in Iraq mistreated him and subjected him to "methods of torture" for three weeks following his arrest in 2003 after he [...]

The Georgia General Assembly is set to consider a bill passed by the state Senate last week requiring state residents to acquire a valid state driver's license and confirm they are legally present in the US before they can register their automobiles. The Senate bill, sponsored by State Sen. Chip Rogers (R-GA) , was one [...]

Former Canadian chief justice Antonio Lamer , who led the Supreme Court of Canada from 1990-2000, warned Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday against influencing the judiciary to carry out his legislative agenda. In an interview with CanWest News Service, Lamer expressed concern with comments Harper made last week in the Canadian House of Commons that [...]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in letter to parishioners Sunday that it will consider declaring bankruptcy in light of the more than 140 pending lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests. Signed by Bishop Robert Brom , the letter stated that if fair settlements cannot be reached in the cases, the diocese may [...]