UK human rights group Reprieve announced Monday that it is initiating legal action against the British government over the rendition of two terrorism suspects to Afghanistan. The two men were arrested by...

Iraqi Shiite militia are systematically torturing and killing gay men without government repercussions, according to report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to the report, violence against men perceived as gay...

Iranian officials on Sunday began the trial of at least 25 people detained during protests following the recent contested presidential election . The defendants are accused of a range of crimes including participating in illegal...

Canadian Bar Association (CBA) President Guy Joubert Saturday urged the Canadian government to seek the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr rather than appeal Friday's Federal Court of Appeal's decision...

The Honduran Office of the Prosecutor of Common Crimes indicted 24 supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya on charges of sedition and damages Friday. All 24 were accused of robbery, sedition,...

American citizen John Yettaw, sentenced for swimming to and staying in the home of Myanmar opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi , is expected to be released on Sunday, according to an announcement on...

The US Supreme Court and the constitution were the focus of discussion Friday afternoon at the Netroots Nation progressives conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Blogger Christy Hardin Smith began the session by giving her opinion that...

Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Gordon Wetherell issued an order Friday suspending the British Overseas Territory's constitution and submitting to direct rule by the UK after being directed to...

Israel's treatment of Palestinians during December and January's Operation Cast Lead , in Gaza grossly violated international law according to a report released Friday by the office of UN High Commissioner for Human...

The Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr, Federal Court of Appeal, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...