Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) may not withhold information from parliament without good cause. The case...
The UK Law Lords , during their final session Thursday, ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to clarify the UK's laws on assisted suicide. The case was brought by Debbie Purdy, a 46-year-old...
R. v. Director of Public Prosecutions, UK House of Lords, July 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more...
Jawad v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad be released prior to August 24. Largely adopting a...
Chinese human rights group Gongmeng announced Thursday that its co-founder, prominent human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong was arrested at his home early Wednesday morning and has not been heard from since....
The US House Judiciary Committee voted 16-9 Wednesday to approve a bill that would eliminate sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The bill, co-sponsored by committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI)...
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced they are conducting criminal investigations into alleged intentional misconduct by their soldiers during December and January's fighting in the Gaza strip. In a report seeking "to place...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday ruled that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, is mentally competent to stand trial....