A French national transferred from Guantanamo Bay to France earlier this week has been released by the French government, his lawyer reported. Mustaq Ali Patel, one of the last three French nationals transferred from Guantanamo on Monday , was released after being held by French authorities for 48 hours. The two other former detainees were [...]

AP is reporting that a UK judge has granted bail for eight foreign men held without charge on terrorism suspicions. The release comes as British lawmakers engaged in a heated debate over proposed anti-terror legislation in a rush to replace the existing laws, which are to lapse at midnight on Sunday. Five of the suspects [...]

The Bundestag , the German lower house of parliament, Friday approved a ban on marches by right-wing neo-Nazi groups at Holocaust memorial sites as fears increased that such marches would disrupt upcoming 60th anniversary observances of the end of World World II. The legislation could also ban marches intended to glorify Nazi-era crimes. The bill [...]

Vietnamese plaintiffs have condemned a US district judge's dismissal of their class action against Agent Orange manufacturers for alleged harms since the defoliant was used by the US military. The lawsuit against Dow Chemical and Monsanto among others had gained incredible momentum in Vietnam, where 11.5 million people signed a petition in support, but US [...]

Authorities are reporting that several people were shot shortly after 9 AM ET at the Fulton County Court in Atlanta, GA. The District Attorney's office confirmed the shooting, but few details were released. Early media reports said a judge was among those shot, and the suspect escaped from the scene in a stolen car. AP [...]

The Pentagon wants to cut in half the number of detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay by tranferring many prisoners out of the country to facilities in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen, according to a report published in Friday's New York Times. According to unidentified officials, the plan, first laid out by Secretary of Defense [...]

Skeptics on and off Capitol Hill Thursday assailed a new report on military interrogation practices authored by US Navy chief of staff and former Inspector General Admiral Albert T. Church that effectively concluded that the Pentagon's civilian and military leadership was not to blame for abuses of prisoners by US personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]

A proposed anti-terror law pitted the UK House of Lords and House of Commons against each other in a ferocious debate Thursday night and Friday morning as amended and re-amended versions of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill bounced between the two chambers and Prime Minister Tony Blair and his ministers fought to push their policy [...]

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, passed by the US Senate, March 10, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill as reported in the Senate. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Executive summary of a report by Vice Admiral Albert T. Church on DOD interrogation operations, March 10, 2005 , US Department of Defense, March 10, 2005. Read the executive summary . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.