US Attorney General Eric Holder instructed federal prosecutors on Thursday to use DNA evidence as much as possible , in a reversal of Bush administration policy. Among the changes, defendants who plead guilty will no longer...
A British intelligence officer accused of torturing a Guantanamo Bay detainee will not be charged due to a lack of evidence, the country's public prosecutor announced on Wednesday. The MI5 officer was allegedly complicit...
France's Court of Cassation, the country's highest court of appeals, on Tuesday ordered the nation's Constitutional Council to rule on whether the country's ban on same-sex marriage conflicts with the constitution...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday published an open letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder , urging him to investigate former president George W. Bush ...
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by seven same-sex couples seeking rights equal to married couples. The lawsuit, filed in July by the American...
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Hassan Bubacar Jallow filed new applications Thursday for the referral of three cases for trial in Rwanda. The first was Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi...
The European Commission on Thursday released a 20-page document outlining recommendations for stronger Internet privacy laws. The recommendations come after a review of its 15 year-old privacy laws . The document addresses issues including...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld two of four convictions of Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black , one for fraud and one...
The trial of 25 Shia Muslim opposition activists began in Bahrain on Thursday with the activists pleading not guilty to charges of plotting to overthrow the government and supporting terror cells. The activists said that they were working for...
Indonesian officials on Friday admitted to their soldiers' involvement in the torture of Papuan detainees, which garnered international outrage after a video of the torture surfaced this week. Security Affairs...
