US House Rep. Tom DeLay has asked the judge in his case to split the remaining two charges against him and move forward with a trial on one of them. After the judge in...
The US House has voted to renew the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 , under which the federal government guarantees insurance coverage for catastrophic losses caused by terror attacks. The House approved H.R. 4314 [bill...
The UK House of Lords , the country's highest judicial body, ruled against the government Thursday in a case involving the use of evidence that may have been obtained through torture. The ruling prohibits the UK courts,...
The two largest political parties in the European Parliament have agreed to support a draft bill designed to require all European-based telecommunications companies to store records of phone and email users for up to 24 months...
A Russian bill designed to increase state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring them to register with a governmental commission has draw sharp criticism from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as troubling...
French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has stated that contrary to press reports, French airports were 'apparently not' used by CIA 'ghost flights' allegedly moving US detainees around the world where they might have been...
French judges ruled Wednesday against the deportation of a 21-year old Mauritanian man accused of participating in the suburban riots that broke out across France last month. The regional court in Pontoise , a town...
On Terrorists and Torturers, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, December 7, 2005 [statement issued on the occasion of Human Rights Day declaring that the absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of the international human rights law, is...
Fraternal Order of Police, North Dakota State Lodge et al. v. Wayne Stenehjem, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 7, 2005 [ruling that...
A memo obtained Wednesday shows that the top US general in Iraq, Gen. George Casey , was aware of reports of abuse of detainees by Iraqi security forces in June. The memo, dated June 22, indicated that Casey...