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JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz, of Seton Hall Law School says that the failure to close Guantanamo Bay is an unwelcome step in justifying arbitrary detention and torture, and wonders how far indefinite detention and military commissions will sweep.......

An Argentine federal court on Thursday sentenced former general Eduardo Cabanillas to life in prison for his involvement in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Cabanillas, who ran a secret Buenos Aires facility known as...

Iraq's Justice Ministry announced Monday that it will close a Green Zone detention center because of alleged human rights violations. Justice spokesperson Haidar al-Saad said this decision was made after last month's investigation into the prison's living...

An Argentine court on Monday commenced the trial of former dictators Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone for allegedly overseeing a systematic plan to steal babies born to political prisoners during...

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday denounced the detention of British resident Shaker Aamer at Guantanamo Bay , calling it a "mockery of justice". Aamer has been held by the US since 2002 on...

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that a senior Department of Defense (DOD) official has reduced the sentence of Ibrahim al Qosi , the former al Qaeda cook and accountant who pleaded guilty [JURIST...

The Iraqi government is operating secret prisons, and suspects held in Iraqi custody have been systematically tortured since before the 2003 US invasion, according to a Tuesday report from Amnesty International (AI) . The report, "Broken...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused military officials overseen by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of running a secret jail in Iraq that is not subject to inspection by...

Thailand's "red shirt" pro-democracy movement on Monday petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary investigation into whether the government committed crimes against humanity during the Bangkok protests...

Joshua Rosenzweig : The past several years have been frustrating ones for those who hoped that growing international engagement with China would result in improvements in human rights in...