Recently-demoted {JURIST report] Abu Ghraib commander Colonel Janis Karpinski , formerly a reserve Brigadier General, says that she is being discriminated against and that evidence exists that top ranking officials should be held responsible for the Abu Ghraib...
Recent UN Security Council resolutions setting up sanctions against Sudan and referring criminal actions in Darfur to the International Criminal Court have led to protests and heightened tensions in Darfur, according to UN Assistant Secretary-General...
Mexico has announced plans to oppose recent measures under the Real ID Act signed into law Wednesday as part of an appropriations package making it harder for immigrants to get state IDs and drivers...
The Arizona State Legislature voted Thursday to approve a new bill tightening immigration laws in the state for the thousands of illegal immigrants who enter the state from Mexico annually. The bill restricts benefits...
A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce has released new documents that could implicate French and Russian officials in the scandal involving the UN Oil-for-Food program. The documents suggest...
Connecticut serial killer Michael Ross was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning in New England's first execution in 45 years, made possible after the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that he was competent to...
Jordan's King Abdullah announced Thursday that he was willing to review the 1992 conviction of Ahmad Chalabi , sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to 22 years of hard labor for embezzling funds from Petra...
A bill approved by Estonian lawmakers Thursday authorized Internet voting for local elections in the country's capital, Tallinn, scheduled for October. The bill, initiated by the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu [official website, in...
Spc. Sabrina Harman , the latest US soldier to stand trial for involvement in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, pleaded not guilty to charges of abusing detainees in the military prison at the beginning of her trial [JURIST...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of William Pryor for the US Court of Appeals by a 10-8 party line vote Thursday. Pryor has a temporary place on the US Eleventh Circuit Court...
