Ocalan v. Turkey, Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, May 12, 2005 ....

The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2005: Unequal Protection, Council on American Islamic Relations, May 11, 2005 [finding that hate crimes and civil rights violations against Muslims in the United States have reached their highest point...

A Global Alliance Against Forced Labor, International Labor Organization, May 11, 2005 . Excerpt:Forced labour must be punishable as a crime. This is, in fact, almost universally the case today. The vast...

Plata et al. v. Schwarzenegger et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Judge Thelton E. Henderson, May 10, 2005 [citing bad health care received by inmates in California prisons and giving California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Re: Cheney, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, May 10, 2005 [holding that a federal district court should dismiss a claim for disclosure of internal documents from the National Energy Policy Development Group chaired by...

State v. Ross, Supreme Court of Connecticut, May 9, 2005 . Read the court's opinion...

The incoming Iraqi minister for human rights designated by Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari rejected the post Sunday shortly after it and five other late Iraqi cabinet appointments were approved by Iraq's National Assembly. Hashim al-Shible, former...

Dalrymple v. US, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, US District Judge Michael Moore, May 6, 2005 [ruling that federal agents who seized Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez during a 2000 raid did not use excessive force...

A leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood announced Saturday through his lawyer that he would run as a candidate against Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in upcoming elections, although his party has not formally endorsed his candidacy....

Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee Against Torture, US State Department, May 6, 2005. Excerpt:...global terrorism has fundamentally altered our world. In fighting terrorism, the U.S. remains committed to respecting the rule of...