US authorities on Wednesday charged 24 individuals with looting Native American artifacts from public land. The accused are charged with violations of the Archaeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA) and the Native American Graves...
Chinese human rights lawyer Li Fangping has challenged a government mandate requiring Internet filter software on all new personal computers, according to media reports Thursday. Fangping demanded public hearings from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
The French Constitutional Council ruled Wednesday that certain provisions of the proposed Internet piracy law violate the French Constitution . The challenge was brought by...
A panel of nine UK Law Lords decided Wednesday that the use of secret evidence to impose controversial control orders to detain terrorism suspects violates the European Convention on Human Rights , ordering the cases...
Council of Europe (COE) Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg on Tuesday sent a letter to all member states urging them to welcome certain released Guantanamo Bay detainees. The letter, addressed to...
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to allegations of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. The plea was delivered during his...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday night released an order allowing the sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat to proceed. The two-page opinion vacates a temporary stay issued...
Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin on July 13, as announced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy . The committee released a schedule [fact sheet,...
A Guantanamo Bay detainee was transferred to New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges for his alleged terrorist activities, marking the first time a detainee from the facility has been brought to the...
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Monday that the FBI will continue investigating mosques when there may be evidence or information regarding criminal wrongdoings. Mueller's defense of such investigations followed a complaint sent to US Attorney...
