Most witnesses who have been called to testify in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will remain anonymous, and some may be forced to relocate to avoid retaliation by Taylor's supporters in...
Rwanda petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday to resolve a dispute with France over an international arrest warrant issued by France for three Rwandan officials last November, and a request forwarded to the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Assn. v. Brentwood Academy , 06-427, in which the Court considered whether the TSSAA...
More than 100 Afghanistan journalists gathered in front of parliament on Wednesday to protest a Tuesday police raid on Afghanistan's largest TV network and call for the resignation of Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit. Sabit ordered the raid...
A Pakistani citizen who says he has been detained in a secret facility for 18 months in connection with the CIA's extraordinary rendition program will challenge his detention in the Pakistani Supreme Court, Amnesty International (AI)...
EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini announced Tuesday that he will propose strengthening Eurojust , the European Commission's judicial cooperation unit, to facilitate communication between prosecutors in member states where criminal activities cross borders. Frattini also suggested...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday blasted the White House for failing to turn over all documents, including emails, requested by the Committee in its investigation into the US Attorney firing scandal...
Ali Abd al-Aziz , one of 14 "high value" Guantanamo Bay detainees and the nephew of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , has denied allegations that he transferred funds to the 9/11 hijackers and has insisted he...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a criminal probe into allegations that IDF troops used Palestinians as human shields during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank in late February. An AP reporter caught one...
George Christian, one of the librarians who in 2005 challenged a National Security Letter (NSL) ordering the release of computer records, told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution in testimony Wednesday...
