A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad be released prior to August 24. Largely adopting a...
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced they are conducting criminal investigations into alleged intentional misconduct by their soldiers during December and January's fighting in the Gaza strip. In a report seeking "to place...
Detainees held at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan have refused prison privileges to protest their detention, according to Thursday reports. Since early July, hundreds of Bagram detainees have refused...
The French National Assembly on Wednesday approved 282-238 a bill that would relax the country's restrictions on Sunday commercial activities. If passed by the Senate next week, the bill would alter a...
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday sought to delay the trials of three suspected terrorists while the US government revises the military commission system used to try them. At the second day...
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday received and reviewed a sealed envelope listing the names of those believed to be responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya in...
The head of the UK's judiciary on Wednesday said that judges have been improperly excluded from debate over "major constitutional changes" in recent years. In a speech at a judicial banquet held by the Lord Mayor of...
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the US Senate during confirmation hearings on Wednesday said that she has rejected personal bias and "ruled according to the law" in...
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Tuesday that the Netherlands would be willing to consider accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees, despite earlier statements to the contrary. Meeting with US President Barack Obama ...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported on Wednesday that pirate attacks around the globe have doubled in the first half of 2009. The bulk of the upsurge has come from increased activity in the Gulf...
