The Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights has filed a complaint with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States , against Mexico, alleging...
US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Tuesday announced a new pilot program under the federal No Child Left Behind program that is aimed at narrowing statewide education reform to focus on...
A US Marine sergeant was charged Tuesday with one count of murder and one count of dereliction of duty for his involvement in the shooting of a detained Iraqi insurgent during the Multinational National Force-Iraq's November 2004...
US military judge Col. Peter Brownback on Friday ruled that interrogation materials, including names of interrogators, relevant to the case of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr must be turned over to Khadr's defense team. Earlier...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday remanded to district court a bid by Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to obtain a preliminary injunction barring his transfer back to his...
A new executive order weakens much of the authority of the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) , the independent committee of private citizens which since 1976 has been responsible for reporting illegal US intelligence activities to both the...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to compel the US government to release unredacted transcripts of military hearings conducted at Guantanamo Bay in early 2007...
The FBI has continued to improperly use so-called national security letters (NSLs) , with the number of violations increasing in 2006 over previous years, according to a US Department of Justice follow-up review released...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the trial date of former Union of Patriotic Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga until June 23, 2008. Lubanga's trial...
A Pakistani court Wednesday dropped five graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari , the new leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and widower of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ....
