Ohio absentee voters must continue to show proof of ID when applying for an absentee ballot, but absentee ballots already obtained without ID will still be counted after a settlement was reached Wednesday between the state and...
UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on Thursday warned that Britain is becoming a "surveillance society" , where the daily lives of citizens are increasingly monitored and privacy is being gradually - if often imperceptibly - eroded....
The retrial of two British National Party (BNP) officials on charges of inciting racial hatred began Wednesday in the UK, with hundreds of supporters protesting outside the Leeds Crown Court. BNP leader Nick Griffin [Wikipedia...
Thai interim Prime Minister Chulanont Surayud Thursday promised to investigate allegations of human rights violations by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . Speaking to Muslim leaders in the southern Pattani province,...
The United States is violating its universal human rights obligations by its failure to protect millions of illegal immigrant workers from exploitation and discrimination in the workplace, according to a petition filed with the Inter-American...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has refused to rule on whether the European Constitution conforms with the German Constitution until a final decision on its ratification has been made. The German parliament ratified the...
Lawyers representing detainees held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare a portion of the...
US Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez retired from the military Wednesday saying he was "forced" to leave because of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal which occurred during his tenure as the commander...
Lozano v. City of Hazelton, US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, October 31, 2006 . Read the full text of...
Petition Under Section 115, US Clean Air Act, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, November 1, 2006 [petitioning the US Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of thirteen Canadian cities to mandate the reduction of air pollution from 150 coal-fired power plants in...