Doudou Diene , the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, is visiting the US this week to gather first-hand information on issues of race relations ....
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert personally received cash from US businessman Morris Talansky while serving as a minister of industry, trade and labor, a state prosecutor said Monday in a hearing at the Supreme...
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua told AFP Sunday that he would resign if the Supreme Court of Nigeria invalidated his victory in the disputed 2007 presidential election . In March, Nigerian opposition leader and presidential...
Israel's Chief Rabbinate , the body that authorizes and conducts marriages in the country, should allow marriages between people of different religious faiths, Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann said Sunday. The Chief Rabbinate currently...
Prominent Malaysian lawyer VK Lingam conspired with allies in government, the judiciary, and business to arrange favorable judicial appointments, a Malaysian government inquiry panel announced Friday. The panel was convened to investigate allegations of judicial fixing...
US Marine Sgt. Jermaine Nelson will face a court martial later this year for murder, according to an order given by Marine Lt. Gen. Samuel T. Hellman . The murder charge, announced Wednesday, stems from an incident during...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil complaint in the US District Court for the Central District of California Wednesday against California-based microchip maker...
Approximately 2,500 minors under the age of 18 have been detained as illegal enemy combatants by the US military at facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a US government report [text, DOC; ACLU press...
The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard testimony on Thursday regarding potential abuse of the Defense Base Act of 1941 (DBA) in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Act requires ...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin praised anti-terrorism efforts in Spain Wednesday, but urged Spanish officials to reform the country's legal standards for treatment of terror suspects...
