A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia...

The decision to not release photographs allegedly depicting detainee abuse followed warnings from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that releasing the photos would cause more violence and could delay the withdrawal...

National Rifle Association of America, Inc. et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, June 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. NRA v...

Bill C-35, Canadian Ministry of Public Safety, June 2, 2009 . Read the full text of the proposed legislation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Manifesto sobre la reforma legislativa que introducira limitaciones el ejercicio de la justicia universal, more than 100 human rights groups, June 2, 2009 [calling for the Spanish government to continue prosecuting those who violate international law under the principle of...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said that appropriate steps would be taken to help prevent acts of violence related to the Sunday shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller . Holder has enlisted the US Marshal...

A California court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law that prohibits discrimination based on gender orientation or identity in public schools. Judge Shelleyanne Chang of the Sacramento County Superior Court said that...

The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev . The court dismissed all...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the government's motion on Monday to keep sealed unclassified judicial records connected to the imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay detainees....

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr Monday asked to have his US military lawyers dismissed for arguing and disagreeing among themselves. The disputes among the members of Khadr's US defense team arose from...