Amnesty International Australia (AIA) on Monday criticized the Australian government for not taking greater measures to eliminate racial discrimination, violating its obligations under international law. The charges were made in a report to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday that Israel did not violate international law during the May flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded...

South African journalists on Sunday expressed disdain for proposed media regulations that they claim will inhibit freedom of expression and media freedom. A declaration by South African Press Council chairman Raymond Louw criticizing the regulation was...

A Turkish court on Friday annulled the arrest warrants issued for 102 Turkish military officers over an alleged 2003 coup plot. The officers, including 25 generals and admirals, were arrested last month for allegedly participating in a...

Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the US Supreme Court Saturday. Kagan, the former US Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School , took part...

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to block the military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . The Supreme Court issued a one-line order denying the Khadr's...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown and others filed motions Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California opposing a request to stay the court's recent decision [opinion,...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that prolonged use of global positioning systems (GPS) to monitor suspects' vehicles violates the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) to stop segregating HIV-positive inmates . HRW claims the policy promotes stigma and discrimination because HIV-positive prisoners are housed in...

Suspected terrorist Adis Medunjanin pleaded not guilty Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to charges of participating in a plot to detonate a bomb inside the New...