Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Samani Al-Wasilla on Thursday dismissed as politically motivated the latest report from the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) condemning Sudan for failing to arrest crimes against humanity...
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Japanese officials executed three death row inmates Friday and publicly disclosed their identities for the first time under a new policy that the Justice Ministry of Japan says is designed to increase understanding about the death penalty....
Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross have visited for the first time with detainees held in Iraqi prisons, according to a statement from the ICRC Thursday. ICRC spokesperson Dorothea Krimitsas said that ICRC monitors...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. United States (06-1196) on whether detainees at...
The US Supreme Court handed down unanimous decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Logan v. US where the Court held a defendant's misdemeanor convictions that did not result in him losing...
The US Senate voted 53-40 late Thursday evening to confirm former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the 81st attorney general of the United States. The nomination was backed by the Senate...
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday denounced the state of emergency imposed Wednesday in the neighboring Georgian Republic as "a gross violation of human rights and democratic freedom." Russia urged the United Nations, the Council...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 235-184 in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act , legislation that would extend protections against workplace discrimination to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. The bill covers hiring and...
Wire services are reporting that the US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-8 Tuesday in favor of the nomination of former federal judge Michael Mukasey to serve as the next US attorney general. Mukasey's nomination...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a federal appeals court ruling that the parents of a disabled child are entitled to reimbursement for the costs of private school education under the...
