The UK House of Lords Wednesday narrowly defeated government-proposed amendments to the UK Terrorism Bill that would have given the police more power to control information on websites thought to be related to terrorist groups. Initially, the police were to have full power in deciding whether online information had ties to terrorism. Peers amended that [...]

Caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad were reprinted in newspapers on Wednesday in Italy, Germany, France and Spain, sparking a new debate over freedom of expression in Europe and drawing protests from Muslims in Europe and the Middle East. France Soir ran the front page headline "Yes, we have the right to caricature God" complete [...]

Following a meeting Wednesday with Austrian Interior and Justice ministers, Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Austria for being complacent in investigating and prosecuting suspects involved in Nazi war crimes, saying that the country had become a "paradise" for fugitives. The Wiesenthal Centre has launched Operation: Last Chance , an initiative committed [...]

Global Corruption Report 2006, Transparency International, March 16, 2005 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Restoring Accountability: Phase 2 Report, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, Justice John H. Gomery, Commissioner . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Tsunami Response: A Human Rights Assessment, ActionAid International, February 1, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Transparency International , an international corruption watchdog group, said Wednesday in its 2006 Global Corruption Report that malfeasance in both private and public sector health care systems around the world was rampant and that it included increased production of counterfeit drugs and bribery and extortion in health care management. The report recommends public access to [...]

Mark Koenig, former executive VP of investor relations at Enron , testified in the early stages of the prosecution case Wednesday that founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling , both on trial for fraud and conspiracy , knew about changes to quarterly earnings reports in January and July 2000 made in an attempt [...]

New US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cast his first vote on the country's highest court on Wednesday in a decision to deny a request to vacate the stay of execution for Missouri death row prisoner Michael A. Taylor. The Court also denied certiorari in Taylor's case in which the inmate challenged the Missouri death [...]

Quebec Justice John Gomery Wednesday released the second report of his judicial commission of inquiry into the Canadian sponsorships and advertising program scandal that developed during the term of former Liberal Party Prime Minister Jean Chretien in the mid-1990s and later rocked the Canadian political establishment. The 240-page report entitled "Restoring Accountability" includes 18 recommendations [...]