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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a memorandum on behalf of the Obama administration rejecting a request to reveal information about the targeted killing program against suspected terrorists and...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions told reporters Wednesday that after a two-day dialogue with US officials about legal concerns over drone-strike killings, the US has failed to directly address any of his...

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that the Supreme Court's recent refusal to hear appeals from detainees at Guantanamo Bay represents a significant step away from the rights secured for them in Boumediene...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions published a report , released Tuesday, asking the US to clarify its policy of targeted killing of terrorism suspects through raids and unmanned drone strikes. Christof...

US Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two US Attorneys on Friday to investigate recent "leaks" of classified information. The investigation will run concurrently with an FBI investigation, and the US Attorneys are empowered to prosecute...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay declared on Friday that US drone strikes in Pakistan raise grave legal concerns under international law. Pillay expressed particular concern that the drone strikes do not comport with the...

A Pakistani doctor who helped the US government find Osama Bin Laden was convicted last week for his association to a militant group in Pakistan, not for his ties to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

A Pakistani doctor was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday for helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) locate Osama Bin Laden . After a trial lasting two months during which Shakeel Afridi was not...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a request for information to the US Department of Defense on Tuesday under the under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...

The Pakistani Parliament on Thursday approved recommendations for redefining the government's relationship with the US and NATO, including calling for an end to CIA drone strikes. The new plan comes in response to the incidental...