The Nagoya District Court in Japan ruled Thursday that Japan's air force mission to Iraq breaches the Japanese constitution , but did not order the government to redeploy the 210 air force personnel in Kuwait aiding the US-led Multi-National...
US military interrogators allegedly abused Afghan detainees in 2003 at the Gardez Detention Facility in southeastern Afghanistan, according to Pentagon documents released Wednesday under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the...
A criminal court in Afghanistan is trying detainees previously held by the US detainees at Bagram Air Base and Guantanamo Bay and is relying primarily on allegations and evidence provided by the US military, the New...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Kentucky high school student Timothy Morrison against the Boyd County Board of Education over a 2004 policy that...
Khaled El-Masri , the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA. The American...
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Friday called on 12 countries, including Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon, to join the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as the organization prepared to hold a...
The Russian State Duma , the country's lower house of parliament, voted 363-8 Friday to approve new restrictions on national referendums, despite a universal walk-out by all 57 Communist Party members. Referendums...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Friday that he will restore Pakistan's constitution , ensure the supremacy of the country's parliament, and preserve judicial independence . Speaking at a news conference commemorating the death of...
The UN disability rights treaty will take effect on May 3, 30 days after the 20th country ratified the treaty. Ecuador became the 20th signatory of the pact Thursday after it opened...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers announced in a joint statement Thursday that they have teamed up to provide experienced defense attorneys to defend seven or more...
