A United Nations human rights expert urged the Philippines Monday to amend or repeal its new anti-terrorism law . Martin Scheinin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism , specifically...
A British judge said Monday that he dropped prisoner abuse charges against the most senior British military officer charged with abusing detainees last week because his superiors approved some of the techniques. A British Army major testified...
Thousands of Italians rallied in Rome on Saturday in support of a bill that would give legal status to unmarried gay and heterosexual couples couples. The proposal, which has been harshly criticized by the Italian justice minister...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed changes to the country's constitution Friday in an effort to reform its criminal justice system . Earlier this month, Amnesty International accused Mexico ...
US District Judge Richard G. Stearns ordered US immigration officials on Friday to provide detainees from a New Bedford, Massachusetts sweatshop access to lawyers and not to move them out of state. Stearns also told the state Department of...
A Turkish court on Friday lifted a ban on YouTube two days after the court banned the popular video-sharing website . The court had ordered telecom providers in the country to block access because of videos...
Colombian prosecutors have indicted prominent political boss Alvaro Araujo Noguera, accusing him of complicity in the 2002 kidnapping of a member of a rival political clan. Some say the kidnapping is part of a campaign by illegal paramilitary groups...
White House and US Justice Department officials have confirmed that seven US federal prosecutors were fired because they had not adequately carried out President George W. Bush's policies on immigration and firearms issues, according to a report...
A Moroccan appeals court convicted 12 Islamic militants on terrorism charges Friday, handing down prison sentences ranging from two to 15 years. Eight of the defendants allegedly had ties to al-Qaeda and had volunteered to fight in...
The Supreme Court of Japan ruled Tuesday that schools can order teachers to play the country's national anthem . In 1999, a Japanese music teacher refused to play the anthem at a...
