Search Results for: 2006-10-17

President George W. Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 Tuesday. The US Congress approved the bill late last month after leaders of the House of Representatives decided to forego the...

A national of Bahrain, two Pakistani nationals and one Iranian were transferred from US custody at Guantanamo Bay into the hands of their home governments over the weekend, the US Defense Department confirmed Monday....

Thailand Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said Sunday that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may "come home," but should wait until martial law is revoked. Martial law has been in place since the mid-September bloodless coup ...

A judge in Florida refused Friday to block the sale of the controversial video game Bully , ruling that it does not qualify as a "public nuisance" under state law. The suit, brought by long-time video games foe...

Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said Friday that the US plans to release two Pakistani detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and that Pakistan expects the men to arrive in their home country by October 15....

Saddam Hussein returned to court Wednesday and questioned the chief judge presiding over his genocide trial as to why he has not been allowed to speak and defend himself during prior court sessions, saying...

Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit , one of the two active prosecutors for the Cambodian genocide tribunal that will try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge , told a meeting of international prosecutors at The Hague Friday...

Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and former ethics officer Kevin Hunsaker surrendered to authorities Thursday and agreed to face felony charges stemming from their roles in the corporate spying scandal...

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) defended their voter registration practices Tuesday after a report surfaced Monday alleging that ACORN engages in fraudulent voter registration practices . The AP report noted...

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the overall theme of the "compromise" military commissions bill seems to be the highly-problematic creation of a unique legal regime for a specific group of...