The Supreme Court of Chile on Wednesday approved the extradition of former Argentine judge, Otilio Romano, for human rights crimes. Romano fled to Chile two years ago to avoid trial for his alleged involvement in more than 100 crimes...

Widespread police corruption in Liberia is denying Liberians equal and impartial justice and impeding the country's postwar development, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. HRW based its report on conversations with more than 120 victims...

The National Security Agency (NSA) obtained up to 56,000 unauthorized communications by misrepresenting the scope of its collection activities when it requested permission to collect documents, according to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinion ...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages to a victim of torture at...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Oklahoma (ACLU-OK) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the Oklahoma County District Court seeking the removal of a Ten Commandments monument placed prominently...

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett filed a complaint on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Kansas demanding that the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)...

A court in Cairo ordered the release of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday, in a long-pending corruption case. Mubarak, now 85, still faces charges of complicity for the killing...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip to halt all executions, especially those of child offenders. HRW is especially concerned with the specific case...

US Military Judge Denise Lind on Wednesday sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for his disclosure of classified information to the anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks . Manning was found guilty [JURIST...

The New Zealand parliament on Wednesday approveda bill expanding the power of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). Approved in a 61-59 vote, the legislation gives the GCSB increased power to support other state departments including...