The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday reversed the contempt conviction of Astrit Haraqija and affirmed the conviction of Bajrush Morina for interfering with...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should require the Sri Lankan government to address human rights abuses as a condition for a USD $2.5 billion emergency loan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. HRW...
The trial of Mumbai terror attack suspect Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab will continue in an Indian court, despite Kasab's admission of guilt , a judge ruled Thursday. Judge ML Tahilyani ruled that Kasab's...
The US government has turned down requests from two separate UN investigators to visit the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post reported Thursday. UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak and UN special...
The US Senate on Wednesday dismissed articles of impeachment for former federal judge Samuel Kent . The decision to terminate impeachment proceedings came after the White House accepted Kent's resignation last...
Computer chip maker Intel Corp. on Wednesday filed an appeal with the European Court of First Instance challenging a May European Commission (EC) ruling fining Intel 1.06 billion for violating European Union...
Federal immigration agents conducting home raids have committed numerous constitutional violations, according a report released Wednesday by the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Cardozo School of Law. The report found that, since 2006, US Immigration...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded Tuesday that the US Department of Defense (DOD) did not violate prohibitions on propaganda by having retired military officers (RMOs) offer public support to the Bush administration's war...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor at the request of Senate Republicans. The vote on whether to send the...
A report on the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , due to be presented to US President Barack Obama Tuesday, will be delayed for six months, officials reported Monday....