Survivors of the May 2005 Andijan uprising have filed a lawsuit in Germany under that country's universal jurisdiction laws , accusing Uzbek Interior Minister Zokirjon Almatov of torture and crimes against humanity, the New York-based Human...

The NAACP announced its opposition to the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito in a news conference Thursday, citing his conservative record as a threat to...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a case where the tobacco company had been found liable for defrauding customers into believing that light...

The Parliament of New South Wales passed laws in an emergency session Thursday allowing Sydney police to "lockdown" parts of the city if necessary in order to stop racial unrest. The new legislation also increases jail sentences...

AP is reporting that the White House has agreed to accept the McCain Amendment that would ban the cruel and inhumane treatment of terror detainees, according to congressional officials. The White House has previously threatened to veto...

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit brought by an Idaho county against local employers who allegedly hired illegal immigrants which sought to recover medical, school and other costs the county said it spent on the...

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari told the UN Security Council Wednesday that the human rights situation in Iraq requires urgent action . Gambari expressed concern over the "increasingly disturbing reports" of abuses occurring in...

The US House committee investigating the government's actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina issued a subpoena Wednesday commanding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to turn over internal records on the Pentagon's efforts to stabilize...

Officials from the US Department of Defense have said that they will review its TALON program , which gathers information about potential threats to military facilities, after an NBC News report disclosed that the database also...

The US House of Representatives late Wednesday voted 308-122 in support of the so-called McCain Amendment , designed to prohibit the cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees in US custody. The non-binding vote instructs negotiators working to...