The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding access to documents related to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy of searching travelers' laptop computers. The ACLU...
Spanish National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon said during a visit to Honduras Tuesday that he is gravely concerned by the human rights situation in the country. Garzon, famed for indicting Osama bin Laden and former Latin American...
A US military judge ruled Monday that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be allowed to tour secret CIA prisons, known as "black sites" where al-Shibh was detained,...
Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday filed arguments against releasing former Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba [ICC materials; JURIST news...
Chinese officials on Tuesday denied a Monday state media report that more than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week. State-run China Daily reported...
China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday considered a draft bill that would allow the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) to respond to riots. The proposed legislation would also allow the PAPF...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday released a much anticipated 2004 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) inspector general report detailing controversial interrogation techniques used on terror detainees. According to the report, interrogators...
More than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week, Chinese state media reported Monday. The trials will take place in the Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi,...
Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday alleged widespread voter fraud in last Thursday's presidential election. Abdullah said his campaign has filed more than 100 complaints with the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ...
The Chinese government has banned people from traveling to the capital of Beijing to file legal complaints. The ban , issued Tuesday, prevents the common practice in which petitioners travel to the capital to seek redress for a...
