The Swiss Federal Assembly on Tuesday rejected an agreement with the US that would have allowed Swiss bank UBS to disclose account information of clients suspected by the US government...

Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli on Monday filed a response to the federal government's motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of recently passed health care ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Monday ordered Goldcorp, one of the world's largest gold producers, to shut down the company's Marlin mine in Guatemala, pending an investigation into human rights abuses and environmental...

The US Navy announced Monday that it will appeal an appeals court ruling overturning the conviction of US Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III . Hutchins, who was convicted in 2007 for the 2006...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday launched an internal investigation of the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . Chief of the General Staff Gabi...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged European leaders to stop the upcoming deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq because their human rights may be violated in unsafe regions of the country. Authorities in the UK,...

A Rwandan judge on Monday denied the bail request of US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder . Judge Maurice Mbishibishi of the Gasabo Intermediate Court cited flight risk ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced Sunday that national police chief John Numbi has been suspended as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya. In...

Bank of America (BOA) subsidiary Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. on Monday reached a $108 million settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve charges that the subsidiary collected excessive fees from...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for certiorari in the case of Pontiac School District v. Duncan, which challenged whether the No Child Left Behind Act [official website; JURIST...