The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that three Uighur Muslim detainees were transferred to Slovakia from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The detainees, Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik and Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper, were the last three members of the Chinese ethnic minority being held at the facility since their 2001 capture in Pakistan. US [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Khaliah Barnes of the Electronic Privacy Information Center argues that federal agencies’ data collection and disclosure activities are marred by a deficiency of meaningful oversight and accountability…
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed a complaint challenging the US government’s search of a laptop without reasonable suspicion. The complaint was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) on [...]
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an emergency temporary injunction on Tuesday blocking the enforcement of the contraception mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) against the religious group Little Sisters For the Poor . Little Sisters filed a motion for an emergency injunction Tuesday after the US Court of Appeals [...]
A federal judge on Tuesday approved the release of former civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart after the director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) filed a motion requesting her sentence be adjusted to time-served. Judge John G. Koeltl granted the motion after it was filed Tuesday, finding that Stewart’s terminal health condition qualified her for [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday announced that they had filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information on the extent of governmental use and interpretation of Executive Order 12,333 , which permits US government surveillance abroad to protect national security. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to reject the country’s recently-passed counterterrorism law. HRW alleged that the law’s definition of terrorism is overly broad, and will impose unfair restrictions on free speech and unduly criminalize any speech critical of the Saudi Arabian government or society. HRW stated [...]
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced 139 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to two year prison terms on a variety of charges including rioting and sabotage. The protestors were arrested during a July 15 protest in Cairo, where Morsi’s supporters demanded his reinstatement. Morsi was ousted from office as president in early July, when the [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report Tuesday finding Syria the most dangerous nation in the world for journalists, with Egypt and Iraq just behind. The CPJ’s report found that of the estimated 70 journalists killed worldwide in 2013, 29 were in Syria. Egypt and Iraq, countries marred by considerable sectarian and political [...]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a report on Monday describing horrific attacks against children that have occurred in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the last month. The UNICEF report stated that at least 16 children have been killed and 60 injured since the outbreak of extreme violence in the capital city of [...]
