The US Justice Department (DOJ) argued in court papers filed Tuesday that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Although most of the White House...
The UK Ministry of Defence has refused to release key evidence about the abuse of Iraqi detainees held by British security forces, lawyers representing the detainees' families said Tuesday. The lawyers have requested that the UK High...
Cambodia's decision to transfer an investigating judge away from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) could lead to undue delays in bringing top members of the Khmer Rouge to...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday rejected a call by the European Union to halt all executions in the state . In a statement , a spokesman for the governor said:230 years ago, our forefathers...
The Bush administration violated US law by not producing a study on the effects of global warming, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Rejecting government arguments that it had discretion as to when to produce the reports, US...
The interim government of Bangladesh imposed a curfew Wednesday after three days of student protests against the military-backed interim government resulted in hundreds of injuries and one death. The riots first began at the University of...
Sudan has issued a decree abolishing legal immunities that protect police from criminal prosecution, the Sudanese government said Tuesday. The decree, issued by the police director general, allows police officers to be tried for crimes but...
The Venezuelan National Assembly gave preliminary approval Tuesday to comprehensive constitutional reforms introduced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week. No word was available on how many legislators voted for...
An Indonesian court Tuesday dismissed a class action lawsuit that sought to dismantle the Indonesian police's anti-terror unit, ruling that the allegations that the department violated human rights by targeting Muslims and torturing suspects were too vague to proceed....
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan on fraud and corruption charges, ruling that the district court judge acted properly when she...
