NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The men claimed they suffered inhumane and degrading treatment in a Brooklyn detention center, including solitary confinement, severe beatings, incessant verbal abuse ...

A potentially landmark human rights trial against oil giant Shell's record in Nigeria was put on hold Tuesday, one day before it was due to begin, the plaintiffs said. The trial "has been delayed. The case had been previously scheduled to begin tomorrow, May 27, 2009 in the Southern District of New York," said a statement issued by the ...

Families of two Saudi detainees who committed suicide in June 2006 while being held at Guantanamo Bay have sued the Pentagon, alleging Thursday that torture and brutal conditions at the offshore prison led the men to their deaths. The New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights said the parents of Yassar Talal al-Zahrani and Salah Ali Abdullah Ahmed al-Salami are seeking ...

The Bush administration believes the 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp should not be released into the United States because they pose a "risk distinct to this nation," according to court documents obtained by AFP. The potential risks, said the US Justice Department, were compounded by the fact "that petitioners were detained for six years ...