The US military announced Friday it has drafted new charges against three high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees. Col. Morris Davis (USAF) , chief prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, said that...
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In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation, US District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 2, 2007 [ruling that the US Army Corps of Engineers can be sued by victims of Hurricane...
National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Court of Appeals, February 2, 2006 [ruling that an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman also prohibits Michigan public employers from offering...
US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson resigned Friday in the aftermath of a backlash to remarks he made in a radio interview last month criticizing lawyers...
A federal judge ruled Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers can be sued by victims of Hurricane Katrina flood damage who allege the Corps ignored warnings that the Mississippi River-Gulf...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Friday criticized the amnesty resolution adopted by the lower house of the Afghan parliament Thursday. The resolution, part of a national reconciliation...
US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that he intends to ask the Government Accountability Office to look into why Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST...
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman also prohibits Michigan public employers from offering benefits, such...
The United Nations Friday released a plan for Kosovo to govern itself as a multi-ethnic society that it says safeguards the rights of all groups within its territory. An executive summary of the plan was issued...
Australian Minister of Justice Chris Ellison Friday offered the Australian government's strongest criticism yet of the US government's 5-year detention without charge of Australian citizen David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay , calling...
