The New York Times sued the US Department of Defense Monday over the government's failure to release requested documents regarding the National Security Agency (NSA) domestic surveillance program . The Times...
An Australian man plans to appeal his conviction for receiving money and a plane ticket from an Osama bin Laden associate, his lawyer said Monday. Joseph Terrence Thomas was found guilty by a jury...
Saddam Hussein has ended a hunger strike to protest his trial after fasting for 11 days, according to his chief lawyer Monday. Khalil Dulaimi met with his client for several hours ...
China will increase the number of public trials for death penalty appeals during the second half of 2006, a legal scholar from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said Monday. Liu Renwen...
Police in the Philippines Monday charged 16 people with rebellion for allegedly planning to oust Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , according to the head of the police legal department. The coup plot involved...
UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson on Thursday unveiled a draft proposal for a new United Nations human rights body that would replace the highly criticized Commission on Human Rights . The blueprint describes...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted a rehearing in a case challenging the native-only admissions policy of a Hawaiian school. In August 2005, the Ninth Circuit ruled [PDF opinion;...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases Tuesday. In Cunningham v. California, the Court will consider whether California's determinate sentencing law is invalid because judges are able to impose increased sentences based on their own findings of...
Three Ohio men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for planning terrorist attacks on US military overseas , according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. The men were recruited by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , who leads...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales repeatedly stressed his personal and institutional commitment to the protection of civil rights in a speech to Justice Department staff Wednesday setting out the Department's priorities for the coming year. First...
