A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday denied an appeal by the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking to stop a lawsuit brought by an...

Human Rights Watch released a new report on Thursday stating that Germany's bans on religious clothing and symbols, particularly those focused on the headscarves worn by Muslim women, are discriminatory...

Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic on Thursday was acquitted of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the...

A three judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday unanimously upheld a US District Court ruling that a California law banning...

A judge for the Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow on Thursday ordered former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky to be transferred to the Russian capital to face new charges including embezzlement and...

Sweden's Migration Court on Wednesday granted asylum to former Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainee Adil Hakimjan , also known as Adel Abdu Al-Hakim. The...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that, despite landmark court decisions and legislation bolstering the official recognition of racial equality, the US remains a country that has not truly resolved its racial divide. Holder,...

An Obama administration official said Friday that a review of detainees, the first step in closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay , has begun . US President Barack Obama issued the executive...

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled this week that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006 (SORNA) , which makes it a federal...

FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said Wednesday the FBI is looking at shifting a number of agents from national security and counterterrorism activities to investigations involving financial fraud, during a hearing before the US Senate...