United States v. Al-Moayad & Zayed, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, October 2, 2008 [overturning the terrorism-related convictions of a Yemeni cleric and his assistant due to evidential errors that were prejudicial to the extend that...

Sir Ian Blair resigned Thursday from his position as Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service ("Met") , effective December 1, 2008. Blair cited a strained relationship with the newly-elected mayor of London, Boris Johnson ,...

The newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday urged the military-led government of Myanmar to release its remaining political prisoners as she called attention to "unjust or inappropriate" detentions worldwide. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay [official...

Lawyers for private US military contractor CACI International filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a torture lawsuit against the company based on a claim of immunity. In July, four former detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to implement a new regulation that relaxes restrictions on issuing US visas to HIV-positive visitors. The regulation allows HIV-positive foreigners seeking to visit the US...

Canadian government accountability group Democracy Watch brought a lawsuit on Thursday, seeking to postpone the country's parliamentary elections scheduled for October 14. The group argues that the elections, proposed by Prime Minister Stephen...

A court of appeals in The Hague on Thursday extended prison terms for four Dutch terror suspects convicted in 2006 for planning attacks against Dutch politicians and government facilities after finding them guilty of an additional charge...

A US Army soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory to murder in connection with the killings of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners west of Baghdad last year. Specialist Steven Ribordy, formerly a member of the 1st...

The trial of former Yugoslav army chief of staff and general Momcilo Perisic began Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague. The trial was scheduled to commence...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday called on the Ethiopian government to release rendition victims in custody or prosecute them in an open court that meets basic fair trial standards. The renditions were...