The US Air Force is conducting an ethics investigation of Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann over allegations that he abused his power and inappropriately influenced the prosecution of enemy combatants at...

The UN-backed Global Migration Group (GMG) released a report Friday asserting that nations have a duty to protect the human rights of migrants even while exercising their sovereign power because it increases their...

UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak said Friday that despite numerous international conventions banning torture and other abusive treatment, its use is...

Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the citizenship status and eligibility of Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to become US president....

A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a provisional stay of the execution of Troy Anthony Davis , which had been scheduled for...

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called for greater regulation of global financial markets Saturday at the closing of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 7) in Beijing, China. ASEM 7 is the seventh...

A US military judge on Friday rescheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr for January 26. US Army Col. Patrick Parrish granted the defense's motion for an independent psychological and psychiatric examination [Globe...

Yemeni security officials have unlawfully and arbitrarily detained hundreds of individuals as part of its campaign against northern Yemeni rebels since 2004, according to a report released Friday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) ....

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the Kingdom of Jordan by Ahmad Chalabi [BBC profile; INC profile,...

Kenya's parliament Thursday passed a bill endorsing the formation of a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to investigate alleged human rights violations committed in the country between Kenya's independence...