The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Munaf v. Geren and Geren v. Omar , 06-1666, and 07-394, where the Court is...
Lawyers for Guatemalan adoption agency Casa Quivira have been charged with human trafficking as a result of irregularities discovered in the agency's records, the defendants' lawyers said Monday. The investigation began in August, when...
Nepalese police arrested at least 100 Tibetan monks, refugees, and other protesters near the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu Tuesday as demonstrations continued against China's recent crackdown against pro-Tibet protests . The new arrests follow...
Saudi Arabia should enact a written penal code to protect the rights of criminal suspects and minors, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday in two reports released after a year-long HRW investigation into the Saudi...
Zimbabwe police arrested a pilot and several members of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as they were arriving at Harare International Airport to deliver campaign materials, a MDC spokesman...
The South Korean National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said Tuesday that it will begin an official investigation of alleged human rights violations by North Korea, adding that it will begin the investigation by...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Medellin v. Texas , where the Court ruled that President Bush does not have the authority to...
American Bar Association (ABA) President William H. Neukom said in an op-ed published on the ABA website Monday that American lawyers are "deeply troubled by six death penalty cases" being tried by the military commissions process...
An city official with Farmers Branch, Texas said Monday that city officials have accidentally issued several city rental license applications designed to enforce an anti-immigration measure , sending out the applications requiring...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Riley v. Kennedy , 07-77, a voting rights case where the Court is considering whether the state of Alabama...