Report on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners, European Parliament Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of...

Letter to Maher Arar, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, January 26, 2007 [formally apologizing on behalf of the government of Canada for any role Canadian officials may have played in what happened to Mr. Arar, his spouse Monia Mazigh and...

Joint resolution memorializing the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to Repeal the Real ID Act of 2005, Senate of Maine, January 25, 2007. Read the full text of the resolution . Reported in...

Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos argued for an expanded European constitution in his opening statement at the “Friends of the EU Constitution” summit [press release, in Spanish; additional declaration...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to Maher Arar on behalf of the Canadian government Friday for its role in the US deportation of...

Guantanamo defense lawyer and Reprieve senior counsel Zachary Katznelson told Reuters in an interview published Friday that since December at least 160 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been moved to solitary confinement in...

EU Freedom, Security and Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini urged the 27 EU nations on Friday to adopt EU-wide laws criminalizing denial of the Holocaust and incitement of hatred and racial violence. Frattini's...

The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has delayed the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor until June 4, giving Taylor’s lawyers more time to prepare their defense. While the...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened Friday in a renewed furor over criminal sentencing that broke out after a judge cited the Home Secretary's recent urgings to keep non-dangerous offenders out of overcrowded prisons [BBC...

Rwanda plans to release 8,000 prisoners implicated in the country's 1994 genocide , despite warnings from human rights groups that their liberation could produce violence against genocide survivors. Chief prosecutor Martin Ngoga told...