Nearly 400 Iraqi protesters marched in western Baghdad Sunday demanding an end to detainee torture and the release of detainees while calling on the international community to pressure the US and Iraq to prevent further abuse. The mostly-Sunni protest...
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has reportedly decided to compromise on a provision of the government's proposed anti-terror bill that allows police to detain a suspect for up to 90 days without...
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg has ordered the state to compile and distribute by Monday a list of all adult deaths of New Jersey residents since 1985 because 13,000 people who have died...
Two US soldiers have been charged with assault, conspiracy to maltreat, and dereliction of duty for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a base detention site in southern Afghanistan in...
The Australian Government and Prime Minister John Howard committed Sunday to passing new anti-terror laws before Christmas after weekend meetings to discuss a revised draft of a proposed anti-terror bill. Howard gave premiers until Monday...
In a bid to facilitate the transition of Iraq detention operations to Iraqi security forces, the US military has opened a new prison near the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq. Named Fort Suse, the facility...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague is this week expected to make a final ruling on a bid by accused former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to return to...
Brazil, the country with the world's highest death rate from firearms , Sunday firmly rejected a ban on gun and ammunition sales in its first national referendum. Initial pre-referendum surveys had indicated a favorable view of the ban,...
The New York Times reported Sunday that federal prosecutors reviewing the involvement of CIA officials in the deaths of at least four prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan have decided not to bring criminal charges...
Officials and community advocates in New Orleans have proposed using the Roman law concept of usufruct to allow authorities to gain temporary control of privately owned homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina . Coming into Louisiana state...
