US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has called for a review of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace immigration raid that occurred in Bellingham, Washington on Tuesday. In a Wednesday...
A US Green Beret was found not guilty at court-martial Wednesday of murder and mutilating a dead body in connection with the March 2008 killing of an Afghan man near Hyderabad, Afghanistan. Army Special Forces...
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced on Wednesday that the Committee is set to begin hearings on the creation of a truth commission charged with investigating the national security policies of the George W....
Human Rights Watch released a new report on Thursday stating that Germany's bans on religious clothing and symbols, particularly those focused on the headscarves worn by Muslim women, are discriminatory...
Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic on Thursday was acquitted of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the...
The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration...
A judge in Lebanon on Wednesday granted bail to three men suspected of involvement in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The judge did not explain why he released [YaLibnan...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday found three former guerrilla leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the country's civil war. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon,...
The US Supreme Court decided two cases Wednesday. In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum the Court ruled unanimously that privately donated monuments displayed in public parks qualify...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that two former lobbyists may use classified documents in their defense against charges under the 1917 Espionage Act ....