Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. Monday announced an investigation into the American Red Cross over accusations that some of its volunteers stole money from Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Foti reportedly opened the investigation after Red Cross officials told Congress that it was reviewing reports of theft. Foti has asked for information from the organization [...]

Mexican President Vicente Fox has lauded Monday's approval by the US Senate Judiciary Committee of an immigration bill that would provide temporary work visas to undocumented workers in the US and that rejected a House proposal to make the "unlawful presence" of undocumented aliens a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Fox credited huge marches by [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Pascale Duparc Portier of the National University of Ireland (Galway) Faculty of Law says that the mass protests in France against the new First Employment Contract (CPE) legislation may be reminiscent of the 1968 Paris student uprising, but this time French youth and their supporters are fighting not for more rights, but [...]

Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial were left in a quandary Monday after hearing conflicting testimony from Moussaoui and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks . Taking the stand in his own defense, Moussaoui said he was part of the Sept. 11 plot and planned to fly a [...]

The BBC is reporting a statement by the Nigerian government that wanted war crimes suspect Charles Taylor , the former Liberian president indicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) who it said it would turn over to Liberian authorities , is missing from the villa in the south of country where he [...]

Afghanistan's Justice Minister said Tuesday that authorities have released Abdul Rahman , the Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity. Sarwar Danish did not provide any legal details, but prosecutors had indicated Monday that Rahman was undergoing a mental examination that could have contributed to the decision to free [...]

Jail sentences were handed down Monday by Belarusian courts for more than 150 protestors who were detained by police while taking part in recent election protests. Thousands of citizens gathered last week to demonstrate against alleged election fraud in the March 19 presidential elections in which incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was reelected to a third term. [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on whether prisons which deny difficult inmates access to newspapers, magazines, and photographs are violating the First Amendment . In the case of Beard v. Banks , the Court focused on whether the court should regulate states in managing their inmates and whether prison officials who [...]

The last meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights took place in Geneva Monday, as its replacement prepares to hold its first session on June 19. The UN Human Rights Council was brought into being by a General Assembly resolution earlier this month after five months of negotiations following the UN World Summit. The [...]

Abdul Rahman , currently facing the death penalty in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity, has appealed for asylum, UN spokesman Adrian Edwards said Monday. Earlier Monday, several hundred people responded to a judge's decision that the prosecution lacked sufficient evidence to proceed with the case by protesting Rahman's potential release . Rahman was [...]