Javaid Iqbal v. Dennis Hasty, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 14, 2007 [holding that a former detainee allegedly arrested "solely because of race, religion, and national origin" and subjected to mistreatment can proceed with...
A US district judge Thursday rejected a request by former US vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby that his prison sentence for blocking the probe into the leak of CIA...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday told the lower house of Germany's parliament that she hopes a road map to an eventual European constitution can be achieved at an EU summit...
The Zimbabwean House of Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, approved the controversial Interception of Communications Bill Wednesday, authorizing the the directors of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization , the military, taxation authority, and the Commissioner of...
Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said Wednesday that Peru will accept a ruling by the Chilean Supreme Court on whether Chile will extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori , emphasizing that Peru...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a briefing paper for the European Union (EU) released Thursday that the United Nations had "tarnished its reputation and undermined its legitimacy" by failing to hold individuals in the UN...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Thursday, including the consolidated cases of Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association , where...
An Indonesian police spokesman Wednesday confirmed the weekend arrest of leading terrorist suspect Abu Dujana Wednesday, saying that Dujana was arrested with seven other suspects in a raid that "finished" off the main body of the terrorist...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wednesday published new draft guidelines concerning the use of national security letters (NSL) to correct privacy violations revealed in March by a Department of...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against federal immigration officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF), and the Division of...