The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism has laid out plans to establish a global tribunal to prosecute private companies accused of human rights abuses. In an interview last week with the Commonwealth Secretariat...
The Council of the European Union agreed Thursday on parameters for the acceptance of released Guantanamo Bay detainees by European Union (EU) member states. The council concluded that those member...
A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a federal statute that gave immunity to telecom companies from liability associated with assisting the National Security Agency (NSA) with eavesdropping, dismissing 46 lawsuits against the telecom...
Canadian federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers said Tuesday that the country's prison system is at full capacity and is unable to handle many new prisoners without expanding. Sapers was testifying before the...
A Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee has been pronounced dead by military officials who believe that he committed suicide, according to Wednesday reports. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, also known as al Hanashi, was accused of...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a ban on handguns in two Illinois municipalities. The panel of judges affirmed the district court ruling that the incorporation of...
An Iraqi court Tuesday convicted and sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for the 2004 kidnapping and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan . Ali Lutfi al-Rawi, allegedly a member of a gang that...
Former Enron executive Kevin Howard pleaded guilty Monday to falsifying books and records in relation to Enron's broadband service. The plea resulted from accusations that Howard indirectly caused the...
The decision to not release photographs allegedly depicting detainee abuse followed warnings from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that releasing the photos would cause more violence and could delay the withdrawal...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said that appropriate steps would be taken to help prevent acts of violence related to the Sunday shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller . Holder has enlisted the US Marshal...
