US v. Milberg Weiss et al., US District Court for the Central District of California, May 18, 2006 [indictment of leading US class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman and partners David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman for...

The US Senate on Thursday passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 , which would increase the maximum FCC indecency fines per station by a multiple of ten, from $32,500 to $325,000 per violation....

Khaled el-Masri v. George Tenet, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge T.S. Ellis III, May 18, 2006 [dismissing a lawsuit brought by the ACLU against CIA Director George Tenet and other agency officials and employees...

A Russian court-martial sitting at a military base outside Khabarovsk in the far east of the country has sentenced Sergeant Dmitry Nagaitsev to five years in prison after he was convicted of abusing his rank and degradation for beating...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Friday wrapped up her first visit to Cambodia by saying that the country must develop an independent judiciary and allow NGOs to operate effectively...

The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California Thursday released a grand jury indictment of leading US class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman and partners...

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) said Friday in a report on its annual review of US compliance with the Convention Against Torture that the United States should shut down its prison...

Four detainees at Guantanamo Bay attempted to commit suicide on Thursday, and several other prisoners attacked US soldiers who tried to intervene, according to a US military spokesman. Three of the detainees ingested a large amount...

Judge Patricia Williams of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington on Thursday rejected a $45.7 million settlement agreement offered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane to 75 clergy...

Fifteen Saudi detainees who were being held at Guantanamo Bay arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday. The US transferred the detainees to Saudi custody after the transfers were approved by a Guantanamo Administrative...