Amnesty International USA, et al. v. McConnell, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 20, 2009 [dismissing a lawsuit challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that expand government power to eavesdrop...

Ten European Union (EU) nations have agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees, and five more are giving the matter serious consideration, according to a Thursday Washington Post report . While Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and...

Tunisia continues to commit hundreds of human rights abuses despite previous vows to cease, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details the arrest, torture, and detention of...

Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling Wednesday that severely curtails the federal government's ability to use hearsay evidence in trials against Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday that the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) does not support treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf , making the requisite consensus resolution...

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced Thursday that convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is being released from prison on compassionate grounds and transferred to his...

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Wednesday that several gay rights groups may not intervene in a lawsuit challenging California's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage , Proposition...

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled late Tuesday that the federal government cannot freeze the assets of an organization suspected of terrorism ties without probable cause. Judge...

Eight years after 9/11 , counterterrorism efforts continue to dominate the operations and budget of the FBI , according to a Tuesday report by the New York Times. Since the attacks, the bureau has doubled...

Five Facebook users have filed suit in the Superior Court of California for Orange County alleging that the social networking site violated their privacy. Among the claims put forth in the suit filed...