A Quebec Superior Court judge Thursday postponed the war crimes trial of Desiré Munyaneza after he was severely beaten in his cell by another prisoner Wednesday night. The former Rwandan militia commander is charged...

Eight suspected members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) were sent for trial Thursday by French investigators for their alleged role in the Casablanca terrorist attacks in May 2003. The suspects have been charged...

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a law that will "prohibit persons from engaging in picketing or a directed protest within 150 yards of any entrance" where a funeral is held...

The White House issued a policy statement Thursday expressing the administration's strong opposition to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Thursday, and threatening presidential veto of the bill unless the Democratic-controlled Congress...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the release of Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles on bail Thursday, after federal prosecutors filed an emergency motion appealing US District Judge Kathleen Cardone's ruling...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Thursday released data obtained under a June 2006 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, documenting civilian casualties caused by US military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan [JURIST...

The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of former Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray Killen . Killen, now 82, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2005, receiving...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that the government of Sri Lanka is using its anti-terror legislation to silence journalists who expose governmental human rights abuses and corruption or question how...

A special panel of the Japanese House of Representatives Thursday approved a bill authorizing a national referendum on revisions to the country's pacifist constitution . Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe initiated the bill...

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) said Wednesday that it may file for an injunction to prevent the Canadian military from transferring Afghan detainees to Afghan police custody after the Canadian government failed to meet a...