Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with fraud for alleged campaign finance law violations, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. Hsu allegedly created...
Former federal judge and US Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey will forbid US Department of Justice (DOJ) employees from discussing sensitive cases with outside agencies if he is confirmed as attorney general,...
Two advocacy groups in the Philippines said Tuesday that children are often the victims of extrajudicial killings, citing statistics compiled by Karapatan (The Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights) . The Salinlahi Alliance for...
Iranian-American journalist Parnaz Azima, a reporter for Radio Farda , left Iran Tuesday after months of being held in the country on security-related charges. A spokesperson for Radio Farda's parent service Radio Free...
The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled 4-3 that the state's 1973 law banning same-sex marriage is constitutional. In reversing the judgment of the lower Circuit Court, Maryland's highest court...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday called on state members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to open their records and allow the Council to adhere...
The UN General Assembly Thursday adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , a non-binding treaty outlining the global human rights of approximately 370 million indigenous people and bans discrimination against them....
Canadian chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand Thursday resisted calls by Canadian lawmakers to invoke his discretionary powers, reserved for exceptional circumstances, to require women to remove traditional Muslim niqabs or burqas when they vote...
The US Department of Defense released censored audio recordings of the March 9 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Thursday after months of controversy. The recording...
A Florida Fifth Judicial Circuit judge ruled Monday that the December 2006 execution of Angel Diaz was not "botched," as previously alleged by a medical examiner. According to autopsy reports,...
