UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told an Austrian radio station Thursday that European countries could help bring about the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center by accepting some detainees into their...

No evidence has surfaced to disprove the extraordinary rendition allegations of the German man who sued the US Central Intelligence Agency, a German prosecutor familiar with the evidence collected by the German government in the case said Thursday....

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the "fair report" privilege , a legal protection that allows journalists to report on legal allegations made during official proceedings, even if the allegations are false. Solaia...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Uzbekistan is cracking down on dissent under the pretext of law, alleging Wednesday that two human rights defenders sentenced to nine years in prison on extortion charges...

US State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli has said that the trial of Saddam Hussein is fair and legitimate, despite the murder of a third defense lawyer Wednesday morning. In a press...

Iran has received nearly universal condemnation for selecting Tehran Prosecutor-General Saeed Mortazavi to attend the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as an observer. Mortazavi is widely suspected of being present...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that insurgents in Iraq have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law and pointed to the kidnapping of two US soldiers last week as another example of the war crimes that...

The US Supreme Court handed down four decisions Thursday, including Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales , where the Court held that a federal immigration law authorizing deportation can be applied to...

A federal watchdog charged with overseeing California prison reform has released a report saying that an abrupt reversal in policy by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) prompted two secretaries of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

Canadian legal observers expressed concern Thursday that a new ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada will open courts to a flood of divorce litigation revolving around allegations of spousal misconduct, despite the terms of the 1985...