The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the appeal of two Chinese Uighur detainees who continue to be held at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not...
Nepal security forces on Monday fired on a group of pro-democracy protesters in Nijgadh, killing at least one person and wounding five, marking the fifth incident where police have fired upon protesters since widespread...
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is urging French prosecutors to open a judicial inquiry into allegations that CIA-operated rendition flights stopped at French airports. A local French prosecutor has already opened a...
AP is reporting that Nepal's King Gyanendra has called for general elections and has promised dialogue with the opposition. Opposition political parties have been staging pro-democracy protests for over a week, calling...
The French National Assembly , the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved compromise labor legislation to replace the controversial First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) , the youth jobs plan that prompted...
JURIST has been nominated for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2006. Called the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts...
US officials Monday denied a report by Seymour Hersh published in the New Yorker that the Bush administration is drawing up plans for military strikes against Iran that would use nuclear weapons to destroy...
The first voters will cast their ballots Monday in New Orleans municipal elections under Louisiana's displaced voters plan , after a federal judge refused to delay elections late last month. Hurricane Katrina [JURIST...
A bill reflecting what was heralded as a key compromise on immigration reform has stalled in the US Senate. By a margin of 38-60 senators voted Friday morning against a motion ...
The Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 received near-unanimous approval by the US House of Representatives Wednesday evening. The bill, if approved by the Senate and signed by...
