The UK government said Monday that it plans to intervene in a case brought by a group of British citizens against Saudi Arabian officials who allegedly tortured them to argue that foreign officials who torture British citizens abroad should not be subject to civil lawsuits in British courts. The government is joining a Saudi Arabian [...]

A city court in Siberia where former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is currently in prison ruled Tuesday that his 5-day transfer to solitary confinement earlier this year was unlawful. Khodorkovsky was temporarily held in an isolated cell after prison officials found Justice Ministry documents on prisoners' rights in his cell. The court in Krasnokamensk ruled [...]

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into law Monday a bill cracking down on illegal immigration that will prevent illegal aliens from receiving many of the state's services paid for by taxpayers. The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act implements new requirements for contractors doing work for the state who will now have to verify the [...]

US v. Sami Amin Al-Arian, Plea Agreement, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida . Read the full text of the plea agreement . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Gonzales v. Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, April 17, 2006 .Read the per curiam opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad v. White , a case in which it will decide which of the three tests adopted by US courts of appeal should determine employer liability for a retaliation claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act . [...]

After serving 19 months in a Chinese prison on charges of disclosing military secrets and being told the charges would be dropped last month, New York Times researcher Zhao Yan learned Monday that he may still be tried for his work on an article that appeared in the Times. Chinese prosecutors told lawyers for Zhao [...]

Reformist Egyptian judges Mahmud Mekki and Hisham Al Bastawissi face disciplinary hearings before Justice Minister Mahmud Abuleil, a judicial source reported Monday. The judges may possibly be terminated for leaking information to the press during last year's parliamentary elections when they accused other judges of election fraud . While the Egyptian constitution provides that judges [...]

A social worker testified Monday that convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui led a troubled childhood and adolescence that ultimately led him to radical Islamic beliefs, although Moussaoui spurned the testimony as he was led from the courtroom for a lunch recess. Jan Vogelsang testified that Moussaoui was shuffled among French orphanages during his earliest [...]

Tyco. has agreed to pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission a $50 million civil penalty and a $1 disgorgement fee for fraudulent accounting procedures used between 1996 through 2002, Tyco and SEC officials announced Monday. In exchange, the settlement allows Tyco to avoid admitting any of the allegations in the SEC's complaint . According [...]