A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday voted 2-1 to uphold the conviction of a Florida doctor who offered to treat injured al Qaeda ...
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Federal appeals court upholds terrorism conviction of Florida doctor
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Eleventh Circuit revives Colombia wrongful death suit against Alabama company
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Denmark court sentences Muhammad cartoonist attacker to 9 years
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Rights group claims Guantanamo detainee death shows failure of detention system
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UN rights chief calls for release of Egypt lawyers, journalists, activists
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Federal judge finds US government in contempt for drilling moratorium
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Federal court hears new Voting Rights Act challenge
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UK terrorism expert criticizes European court rulings on control orders
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Kenya high court rules judicial appointments unconstitutional
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California, Countrywide settle predatory lending charges for $6.5 million
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday revived a lawsuit against Drummond Company alleging that the company hired Colombian paramilitaries to assassinate plaintiffs' fathers. The plaintiffs brought suit against...
A Danish court on Friday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Thursday used the death of a Guantanamo detainee to highlight what it claims are problems with the detention system currently used by the US for...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release lawyers, journalists and human rights activists who have been arrested and for the government to investigate whether the...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday found the US Department of Interior (DOI) in contempt and ordered the department to pay attorney's fees for Hornbeck...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments Wednesday on a new challenge to the Voting Rights Act of Act of 1965 (VRA) . Arguing before Judge John Bates, officials representing...
The UK government's independent reviewer of terror laws on Thursday published a report saying that rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made it difficult to remove foreign terror suspects from Britain. Control...
Kenya's High Court of Nairobi ruled Thursday that recent judicial nominations by President Mwai Kibaki are unconstitutional, halting parliament's approval proceedings. Agreeing with an earlier pronouncement by Prime Minister Raila...
The Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Wednesday approved a $6.5 million settlement between the state of California and two former Countrywide Financial Corporation executives accused of predatory lending. The lawsuit alleged...
