The new policy that allows government officials to monitor Guantanamo Bay prisoners' mail dominated the opening day of pretrial hearings for Guantanamo inmate and alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on...
The Ethiopian government's relocation of thousands of indigenous people from the western Gambella region has resulted in possible human rights violations, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The Gambella relocations, which...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services LLC that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not deprive the federal district courts of their federal...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Tuesday that Madoff trustee Irving Picard cannot appeal a ruling that threw out most of his $1 billion suit...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In United States v. Home Concrete & Supply LLC the court heard arguments on what can activate an "extended...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced Tuesday that the Commission will legally challenge three Hungarian laws. The laws, passed last month in conjunction with Hungary's new constitution, are viewed by Barroso and...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferred prosecution materials to the Rwandan government on Monday for the first time with respect to a case stemming from the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
The trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon , accused of ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses, began on Tuesday before a seven-judge panel of the Spanish Supreme Court . The court announced in...
An Algerian court on Monday sentenced former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Aziz Naji to three years in prison for his participation in a foreign extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda. The sentence was less...
A French judge has requested access to information from Guantanamo Bay in order to investigate allegations of torture being made by three French citizens. Judge Sophie Clement requested access to documents, as well as access to individuals...