Europe court allows PKK appeal against EU terror designation to proceed
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Thursday that the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) can appeal the decision of the Council of the European Union in 2002 to include...
Federal judge finds parts of terrorist designation order unconstitutional
A US district judge has declared unconstitutional portions of a 2001 presidential executive order that allowed President Bush "unfettered discretion" to designate organizations as terrorist organizations. In a decision released Tuesday, Judge Audrey Collins...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has agreed to investigate allegations that government forces and the rebel group Karuna has been using children in its fights against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...
Rights groups call for UN intervention in Sri Lanka conflict
Human rights groups have called on the UN Human Rights Council to support an "independent international human rights monitoring mechanism" to guard against human rights violations and alleged disregard for civilian casualties in fighting between Sri Lanka...
US officials have arrested eight people for allegedly attempting to buy weapons to use against the Sri Lankan military, and for attempting to bribe US State Department officials to remove their organization from the State Department's list of designated...
Sri Lankan rebels illegally recruiting child soldiers, UNICEF says
UN Children's Fund officials have confirmed 40 cases of children being abducted or recruited as soldiers by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group since December's tsunami disaster . According...
