Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was granted bail Monday by a Special Immigration Appeals Commission in the UK. He made his application for bail after winning an appeal in the European Court of...
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled unanimously Monday that the state's assisted suicide law violated the First Amendment right to free speech, essentially ruling in favor of four members...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Thursday about excessive force used by Senegalese authorities in response to protests that ensued after the announcement of presidential candidates. Reports of shooting at protestors...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern Friday over aging men and women becoming the most rapidly growing group in US prisons and the ability of officials to provide appropriate housing and medical care to these...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the UN Security Council Wednesday, expressing concern over alleged current human rights violations in Libya. Pillay first noted that the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) ...
The Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs asked the UN Sunday to help them resolve what they are calling a judicial system failure over the detention of senior criminal court Judge Abdulla Mohamed. Mohamed was arrested...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed disappointment Monday that the US government has failed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. President Barack Obama ordered the facility closed ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani honored a summons issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan by appearing Thursday to answer contempt charges brought by the court earlier this week ....
Chief Defense Counsel for Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals, Colonel J.P. Colwell on Sunday ordered attorneys under his command not to comply with rules requiring military officials to review all legal correspondence between...
Blackwater , now known as Academi , reached a confidential settlement agreement Saturday with survivors and families of victims in a 2007 shooting incident in the Nisour Square area of Baghdad that left 17...
