Polish prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will open an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of accused USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri at a secret CIA prison in Poland. The investigation...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the False Claims Act , which allows citizen "whistle-blowers" to sue federal contractors for committing fraud against the...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh, Police Chief Nathan Harper and more than 15 police...

The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a cloture motion on the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2011 , a defense appropriations bill that would have repealed the US armed forces' "Don't...

The UN panel of experts tasked with monitoring and assessing investigations into alleged war crimes during the 2008-2009 conflict in the Gaza Strip issued a report Tuesday criticizing the investigations...

Officials for Imperial County , California, announced Tuesday that the county has submitted its opening brief in an appeal against last month's federal court decision striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST news...

New York Governor David Paterson (D) signed a bill on Sunday allowing unmarried partners, including gay couples, to jointly adopt a child. The law amends the language of Section 110 of New York's...

A human rights group and lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , a Saudi man accused in connection with the 2000 USS Cole attack , filed a request Tuesday with Polish prosecutors for an investigation...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday announced plans to present two cases against as many as six individuals who "bear the greatest responsibility" for the violence following the 2007...

A human rights expert told the UN Friday that Sudan is not prepared for its January 9 self-determination referendum that could divide the country in two. Mohamed Chande Othman, a Tanzanian judge and independent expert on the...