The Indonesian government is reviewing a decree granting automatic sentence remissions to prisoners, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said Friday. The announcement follows protests from Australia over news that cleric Abu Bakir Bashir , convicted for his role in...

Spain began deporting illegal immigrants on Friday after a week of border rushes at Melilla, a tiny enclave on Spain's border with Morocco along the northern coast of Africa. Hundreds of illegal African immigrants have entered the country this...

Leading Friday's states brief, the Kansas Supreme Court removed Saline County District Judge George. R. Robertson from the bench today for viewing pornography from his office computer. The court stated that the conduct of a single judge may...

Although the New Orleans Police Department may be fully operational again as early as next month, acting Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Thursday that National Guard troops may be needed in the city through March. Riley wants the Guard...

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is wrapping up preparations for the October 15 vote on Iraq's draft constitution . The IECI, with support from the UN, has hired...

Although he was expected to stay on until September 2006 , former Disney Chairman Michael Eisner has cut all ties with Walt Disney Co. according to a document filed Thursday with...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on Thursday seeking to gain access to the New Orleans city jail in response to allegations of mistreatment during Hurricane Katrina . The motion...

AP is reporting that the US Senate has passed a bill that gives President Bush $50 billion for military spending, but also puts restrictions on the treatment of detainees. Earlier this week, the Senate approved an amendment [JURIST...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that detainees are on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. The humanitarian agency, which made a 10-day visit to the US...

Two former British law lords have condemned recent UK anti-terror proposals as "intolerable" and in violation of human rights laws. Referring to provisions in the proposed bill which would amend current UK anti-terrorism legislation [Home...