Joshua Posaner : "The recent case in Britain, in which the charity Reprieve is assisting Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni in filing a lawsuit with the High Court, can only illustrate the fact that the British government is prepared...
Professional Commentary
Farzana Hassan : "Afghan president Hamid Karzai has obviously capitulated to the conservative Shia clergy in signing the contentious Shia Law of Personal Status that severely curtails the rights of Shia Muslim women. The law grants...
Mike Dubrasich : "On August 5th the San Francisco based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside the State Petitions Rule and reinstated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, more commonly known as...
Joseph Morales : "On his remarks congratulating newly appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court, President Obama explained that her confirmation was incredibly important for our Nation because it has sent the message...
Christopher Boucek : "Early this week Human Rights Watch released a new report on internal security in Saudi Arabia. The report is very fair and makes many good points, especially...
Awzar Thi : "The verdict handed down against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her co-accused in Burma this week surprised no one. The trial was throughout political, not legal in character. The only...
David Satter : "The proposed law allowing Russian troops to intervene beyond Russia's borders is meant merely to provide legal cover for possible future Russian aggression. The law, which presumably will be adopted, declares as "legal" what...
Christina Hill : "It has been reported that local communities in the Indonesian province of West Papua have filed a $30 billion lawsuit against the local subsidiary of US mining company Freeport-McRoRan Copper & Gold -...
Sean Turnell : "The conviction and sentencing of democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, on absurd charges in a farcical 'trial' has rightly outraged the world. The sentence, of an 18 month extension to her (already manifestly...
Richard C. Dieter : "The fact that fewer countries employ the death penalty and that the number of executions worldwide declined last year should serve as a wake-up call to the United States. On many...
