Russian lawyer and government critic Boris Kuznetsov applied for political asylum in the US Tuesday. Kuznetsov fled Russia in July 2007 after a court approved a criminal investigation against him for allegedly divulging state wiretapping secrets by...
The US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled Friday that Oregon's domestic partnership law should be allowed to take effect, saying that opponents of the law failed to gather the necessary signatures...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached a settlement with two immigrants who said they were forcibly drugged with sedatives during deportation proceedings, CNN reported Friday. As part of the agreement, Raymond Soeoth, a minister from...
US President George W. Bush signed an executive order Tuesday implementing promises on earmarks made in his final State of the Union address delivered Monday. Executive Order 13457 commands heads...
Suspected Russian crime lord Semyon Y. Mogilevich has been arrested in Moscow on tax evasion charges, Russian officials said Friday. Mogilevich was arrested late Wednesday and a court approved his arrest on Thursday. Mogilevich is also wanted in the...
The military government of Myanmar continues to arrest political dissidents despite assurances given by Prime Minister Thein Sein in November that the arrests had stopped and no more would take place, Amnesty International reported Friday....
Libya's plan to begin the mass expulsion of illegal foreign residents violates international human rights law , Amnesty International said Friday, noting that "collective expulsions are inherently arbitrary and those seeking refuge from persecution risk being sent back...
US District Judge Marcia Cooke Tuesday refused to rule out the possibility of a life sentence for convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla . Cooke found that the enhanced terrorism penalties could be applied, rejecting the...
US Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby , commander of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, was reassigned Friday after only six months at that position. The date of Buzby's departure for the Virginia-based US Fleet...
US House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday to remove language that would broaden federal hate crimes legislation from a defense reauthorization bill currently being finalized in Congress. In September, the Senate approved an amendment to the 2008...
