Peru filed an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday over its ongoing maritime boundary dispute with Chile. Peru has been threatening to bring the case before the ICJ since the court resolved a similar dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in October 2007. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley immediately [...]

Niger authorities charged two French journalists with threatening state security Wednesday, alleging that the journalists attempted to report on rebel groups in the country's volatile north region. The West African country has been in a state of disarray since the rebirth of an ethnic Tuareg rebellion last year. The Niger government banned all foreigners and [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for the government of Turkey to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves in universities and public offices, urging the government not to wait for a proposed constitutional amendment to pass, according to a report from the Anadolu news agency. Wednesday's remarks followed a similar statement [...]

John Rizzo, the acting general counsel of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , said Wednesday that the former head of the clandestine branch of the CIA Jose Rodriguez ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects against the direction of superiors, according to Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI). Testifying before the US [...]

Robert L. Pugh et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United Ststes District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

New York State Board of elections et al. v. Lopez Torres et al., US Supreme Court, January 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US v. Islamic American Relief Agency et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, January 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the indictment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The number of political prisoners in Cuba has decreased from 283 at the end of 2006 to to 234 at the end of 2007, but human rights abuses continue in the communist Caribbean state, according to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) Wednesday. The CCDHRN, led by Cuban human rights activist [...]

Declaration of Theresa Payton, filed in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, v. Executive Office of the President, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the declaration . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Mark Deli Siljander , a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, was indicted Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and forfeiture. The charges stem from Siljander's association with the now defunct charity Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), which allegedly funneled funds to [...]