Legislation to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act , many provisions of which are due to expire at the end of the year if not renewed, stalled Thursday as members of the bill's negotiating committee worked...

US v. Conrad M. Black et al, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [federal criminal fraud indictment against financier Conrad Black and three other executives at Hollinger International related to the $2.1 billion sale of several...

Voting Rights Act Section 5 Recommendation Memorandum on the Georgia voter ID law, US Department of Justice, August 25, 2005; released by the Washington Post November 17, 2005 [recommendation by four of five staff members reviewing the Georgia law under...

The Iraqi Prime Minister's office Thursday announced the launch of a nationwide investigation into allegations of widespread abuse occurring at Iraqi-run prisons. 166 Sunni Arabs and 3 Shiite Arabs were found by Americans Sunday night at a...

Sweden opened up an investigation Thursday into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have landed planes containing terror suspects at Swedish airports several times since 2002. The investigation is one of many currently underway [JURIST...

Three Bahraini citizens, released from Guantanamo Bay earlier this month, announced Thursday their intention to sue the United States government for detaining them for over four years without a trial at the prison facility....

A UN General Assembly committee on Thursday approved a resolution that reasserted the UN's concern over the alleged human rights violations occurring in North Korea . In passing the resolution, the committee expressed its...

Lawyers for Morgan Tsvangirai , opposition leader in Zimbabwe , on Thursday petitioned that country's high court to hear Tsvangirai's legal challenge to President Mugabe's 2002 election victory. As leader of the Movement for Democratic Change...

US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against Conrad Black and three other executives at Hollinger International related to the $2.1 billion sale of several hundred Canadian newspapers and alleged...

The permanent judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday held an Extraordinary Plenary Session to elect the successor to Theodor Meron, whose term as president of the Tribunal expires...