Pakistani lawyers detained by the government under the declaration of emergency rule issued earlier this month by President Pervez Musharraf are being tortured, according to Asma Jahangir head of the independent Human...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Kentucky v. Davis , 06-666 , to determine whether a state violates the Commerce Clause of...
Iranian officials have halted formal attempts to stop an expected Interpol vote Wednesday to issue arrest notices for six men thought to be connected with the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center...
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Monday rejected an appeal for a new trial brought by convicted Washington, DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad . Muhammad had appealed the lower court's rulings that he was mentally competent...
The Fiji government Monday charged three people with plotting to assassinate current self-appointed Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama in the wake of the 2006 military coup which ousted former Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia...
The Canadian government Monday rejected fresh allegations that members of the Taliban captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan were tortured by Afghan investigators after being transferred from Canadian custody. According to Montreal's La Presse, three prisoners said they were...
The US Department of State has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA from prosecution related to a September shooting incident in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday....
An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prison , 06-9130, to determine whether a Federal Tort Claims Act exception...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Monday chided the Canadian government for not doing enough to maintain Canada's reputation in the global community as an advocate for human rights . Arbour, a former...
