US Attorney General Eric Holder swore under oath Tuesday that the Obama administration will not transfer Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the Thomson prison in Illinois, despite earlier plans . At a Senate Judiciary Committee...
A Tunisian military court on Wednesday sentenced former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to life in prison in connection with his part in the killing of 22 protesters last year. Earlier...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) held a hearing Tuesday on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) , focusing on discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees across the...
Amnesty International (AI) called Tuesday for an end to the supply of arms to groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . The report highlights the flaws in...
Preserve Marriage Washington presented over 200,000 referendum signatures on Wednesday seeking to overturn recently signed same-sex marriage legislation. The signatures have prevented Washington's gay marriage law from taking effect on Thursday. Earlier this year Washington Governor Chris...
Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday began a five-day visit to locations relevant to the indictment of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Mendez concluded his nine-day visit to the Republic of Tajikistan on Friday, stating that he was pleased with the country's recent modifications designed to aid in...
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi died in Libya on Sunday after losing his battle with cancer. His brother reported that Megrahi, 60, died in his home in Tripoli after his health deteriorated rapidly...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a compliant with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking a federal investigation into allegations of abuse of individuals at ports of entries (POEs)...
A federal judge on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a proposed settlement with British Petroleum (BP) over the Gulf oil spill in 2010. BP and a group of plaintiffs' attorneys sought preliminary...
