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US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials said Thursday that they would release at least 44 photographs "depicting the treatment of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan," pursuant to a court order. In a letter sent to...

The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday declassified a November 2008 report detailing the extent of top Bush administration officials' involvement in implementing severe interrogation techniques employed by US military...

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in an order made public Thursday that defense contractor CACI International is not immune from a lawsuit brought by...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday hailed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit not to revisit an earlier decision requiring the Department of...

Angela Wu : "The Supreme Court recently overturned Board of Immigration Appeals and Fifth Circuit rulings in Negusie v. Holder and found that victims of persecution who are forced...

The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib , promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the media Saturday,...

Venezuela will renew its request that the US extradite anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles , an official announced on Friday. Venezuela is hopeful that the new Obama administration will be more receptive to the request...

The prison formerly known as Abu-Ghraib will be reopened as soon as renovations are completed, and will be renamed Baghdad Central Prison, officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice in Baghdad announced on Thursday....

Human rights figures and political leaders around the world hailed Thursday's executive order by US President Barack Obama closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay...

JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that although nothing is likely to come of calls for prosecuting President Bush and other administration officials for a variety of controversial actions, Congress should...