Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will be extradited from Chile to Peru to face corruption and human rights charges before this summer, Peru's Justice Minister Alejandro Tudela ...
The US military commissions at Guantanamo Bay are scheduled to resume proceedings Tuesday, with pre-trial hearings scheduled for four prisoners facing terrorism-related charges. Among those scheduled to appear is Binyam Muhammad ,...
Transit workers, postal staff, teachers and media employees went on strike and more than a million people demonstrated across France Tuesday as part of escalating protests against the First Employment Contract (CPE) [FAQ, in French; official...
The Chinese Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that it will ban the sale of human organs in an effort to stem a rising black market trade for organs of executed prisoners. The Ministry...
US House International Relations Committee chairman Rep. Henry Hyde indicated Monday that he would support a revised version of the UN Reform Act in an attempt to gain Senate support for the legislation. Hyde...
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) on Monday asked the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals to declassify a district judge's ruling on possible warrantless wiretaps used by the government in a high-profile terrorism...
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. Monday announced an investigation into the American Red Cross over accusations that some of its volunteers stole money from Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Foti reportedly opened...
A Sri Lankan man seeking asylum in the US is expected to be released shortly after being held in prison for four years. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered the release of Ahilan...
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that anticipatory warrants executed at some point in the future are allowed under the Fourth Amendment . In US v. Grubbs...
A former Australian federal judge has offered scathing criticism on the country's newly approved anti-terror laws , saying the measures could lead to the growth of a police state. Former federal court Judge Marcus Einfeld ...