Some officials in the formative administration of US President-elect Barack Obama have said they support the creation of a bipartisan congressional commission to investigate potentially abusive US counter-terrorism policies, according to a Newsweek report Saturday. The...
Russia's Supreme Court has decided to review the actions of a Moscow District Military Court judge presiding over the trial of three men accused in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya , according to a court spokesman quoted...
The US military has assigned Army judge Col. Stephen Henley to preside over the the war crimes trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks [JURIST...
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Sunday called a report released last week by the UN Committee Against Torture prejudiced and false. The Committee's report...
The parliament of Burundi voted Saturday in favor of laws abolishing the death penalty and criminalizing homosexuality in the country. The elimination of the death penalty in Burundi was...
The German government announced Friday that it has ended its investigation into the practices of the Church of Scientology . The German Interior Ministry began a probe into Scientology in 2007, calling it an...
North Korea has strongly protested a proposed UN General Assembly resolution calling on North Korea to "respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms" and put an end to its violations of human rights. The resolution, which was...
The British government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown has decided to drop from its immediate legislative agenda a controversial security database bill that would have required telecoms to keep records of all domestic phone calls, e-mails and Internet activity,...
The UN Committee Against Torture on Friday expressed deep concern over continued allegations that China authorities continued the routine and widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment of suspects to extract confessions. In its Observations at the...
The Nebraska state senate voted Friday to amend its controversial 'safe haven' law , which allows parents to abandon their children at certain locations without fear of prosecution. Friday's amendments reduce the age at...