Thailand's Assets Examination Committee (AEC) ordered the assets of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife frozen on Monday, saying the $1.6 billion dollars should not be touched until a court determines if...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases to be heard next term, two of which deal with federal sentencing guidelines. In Kimbrough v. US (06-6330) the court...

Egyptian police reportedly prevented voters from entering polling stations and arrested approximately 100 members from the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood Monday as Egypt held elections for the Shura Council , the upper house of...

The Supreme Court of Georgia Monday dismissed a challenge to Georgia's voter ID law , finding that the plaintiff lacked standing to mount the challenge , without addressing the...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Monday accused the Zimbabwean government of "interfering with the proper functioning of the administration of justice, the role of lawyers and their independence," following a five-day mission in...

Yahoo! Inc. condemned the persecution of individuals for political expression in China Monday, saying it has informed the Chinese government of its position but reiterating that Yahoo! must comply with Chinese law if it is to do...

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri v. Commander S. K. Wright, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, June 11, 2007 . Read the...

A US federal appeals court ruled Monday that the military cannot seize and imprison civilians lawfully residing in the United States and detain them as "enemy combatants." The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official...

The government of Pakistan has prepared a new complaint against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , Pakistan Minister of Law, Justice & Human Rights Muhammad Wasi Zafar said Sunday. Zafar added that...

State Secrets: China's Legal Labyrinth, Human Rights in China, June 11, 2007 [finding that the state secrets system in the People's Republic of China gives the government virtually complete power to halt the free flow of information and undermines healthy...