Saddam Hussein sought to bar testimony of an American forensic scientist during proceedings at his genocide trial Tuesday, demanding a neutral witness from a country that was not involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The...
A motion recognizing the people of Quebec as a "nation" within Canada passed the Canadian House of Commons Monday by a vote of 266-16. The motion, introduced last week by Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official...
Israel's use of force during its 33-day standoff with Hezbollah in Lebanon was "excessive, indiscriminate and disproportionate" in "flagrant violation" of international law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Council [official...
A draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning human rights violations in Uzbekistan has been blocked in the General Assembly's Third Committee by a group of mainly developing nations that claim...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the National Security Agency (NSA) can withhold documents and information relating to its Terrorist Surveillance Program [JURIST news archive; US DOJ fact sheet,...
A British Army major has testified that a military legal adviser approved techniques for preparing Iraqi detainees for interrogation with techniques that allegedly violated the Geneva Conventions . Maj. Antony Royce told a court-martial of several other soldiers...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that President Bush "exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers of the judiciary" with an "unprecedented" directive ordering state court rehearings [JURIST...
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has overturned a ruling by a Sharia court for the first time by commuting the sentence of a man whom the court assigned the death penalty. Mirza Tahir Hussain...
A UK man was convicted Thursday of inciting racial hatred during a February protest in London against publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad . Mizanur Rahman, 23, was arrested after a rally at the...
A Massachusetts legislature vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage has been postponed until January. Although opponents of same-sex marriage had obtained 170,000 signatures in favor of putting the...
