US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will "open a preliminary review" into allegations of prisoner abuse by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogators during the...

Scottish Justice Minister Kennny MacAskill defended his order to release to Libya convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in front of an emergency session ...

The Chinese government on Sunday released prominent human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on bail without any explanation. Xu was taken into custody last month and was formally charged last week with tax evasion. He was accused of...

The US military will now be notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of the identities of suspected terrorist militants held in special operations camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a New...

More than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week, Chinese state media reported Monday. The trials will take place in the Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi,...

Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday alleged widespread voter fraud in last Thursday's presidential election. Abdullah said his campaign has filed more than 100 complaints with the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ...

More than 50,000 people gathered in the Mali capital of Bamako on Sunday to protest a law passed recently by the National Assembly to extend the rights of women. The new law gives...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty on Friday called on European countries to show accountability for their role in assisting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in...

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted lawyers for another Guantanamo Bay detainee permission to question Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect...

The Supreme Court of Honduras said Saturday that if ousted president Manuel Zelaya returns to the country, he will stand trial for treason and abuse of power. There are also...