A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against federal law enforcement officials by men who claim they were illegally detained after 9/11 . The suit is Turkmen v. Ashcroft . The court dismissed the suit against former Department of Justice officials John Ashcroft, [...]
Army Colonel Denise Lind, who is presiding over the prosecution of Bradley Manning , ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors must prove that Manning was aware that he was providing information to an enemy of the US when he leaked confidential documents to the website WikiLeaks . Manning has been charged with 22 counts under the [...]
The son of Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in court in Zintan, Libya, on Thursday. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is accused of transferring information related to Libya’s national security to an International Criminal Court (ICC) delegation. He is also accused of insulting Libya’s new flag and attempting to escape from prison. Saif al-Islam’s trial was [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that members of the media do not have the right to report from, or take photos or video within, Pennsylvania polling places. While PG Publishing Company (PG) , the appellant in the case, argued that a portion of the Pennsylvania Election Code that limits [...]
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent decision striking down provisions of Alabama’s controversial immigration law . Alabama is appealing a decision issued last August by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit which struck down several provisions of both Alabama’s HB 56 as [...]
Pakistan’s top anti-corruption official on Thursday refused to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for corruption charges pursuant to a court order. Chief of the National Accountability Bureau, Fasih Bokhari, argued that there was insufficient evidence against Ashraf to arrest him for allegations of accepting bribes for approving power generation projects during his tenure as [...]
Human rights group Freedom House released a report on Wednesday detailing the state of democracy in the world. The report tracks improvements and declines in the levels of democracy in governments. While Freedom House reports that 26 countries experienced overall declines in freedom while only 16 experienced gains, the report details trends in certain regions [...]
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will stand trial next month for alleged crimes against humanity, Senegal’s Justice Minister Aminata Toure confirmed Tuesday. Senegal’s national assembly adopted a law in December allowing Senegal to create a special tribunal with the African Union (AU) , which has already been offered financial support by Belgium. The trial is [...]
US President Barack Obama signed 23 executive actions Wednesday and called on Congress to pass stricter gun-control laws. Most of the executive actions are intended to strengthen existing gun laws during what the president called an “epidemic of violence,” while the other orders address issues of mental health and school safety. Obama urged Congress to [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Maksym Popovych, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, discusses the Ukrainian National Referendum Law and decries it as a potentially unconstitutional law that threatens the democratic principle of checks and balances… Public attention has been growing related to the Ukrainian National Referendum Law, beginning when Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the controversial act [...]
