Lawyers for a asked Polish prosecutors to investigate his alleged abuse at a secret CIA prison in Poland, where he claims he was the victim of enhanced interrogation techniques. Likewise, in April 2007, the alleged al Qaeda loyalist denied ties to terrorism and asked a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal to investigate his claims of [...]
The American Center for Legal Justice (ACLJ) and 105 members of Congress filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court Thursday urging the court to take up a Florida case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Last month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a group of 26 states [...]
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Luis Moreno-Ocampo , confirmed Friday that there has been informal contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi , discussing the possibility of his surrender to the court. Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) reported earlier this week that Saif al-Islam and [...]
Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California , alleges discriminatory practices against more than 90,000 women regarding pay and job promotion. The suit is expected [...]
Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (INR) , the body charged with investigating Nazi and communist-era crimes, on Thursday announced a new probe into Nazi crimes aimed at tracking down living Nazi perpetrators. The investigation, opened by the branch in Krakow , follow investigations conducted during the Communist era that were concluded in the 1980s without [...]
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA defines marriage for federal purposes as a legal union between one man and one woman. The suit alleges that DOMA unconstitutionally denies gay and lesbian service members [...]
Proposals for amendments to an Egyptian political corruption law were criticized by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday for their potential for abuse . HRW reports that the amendments, proposed by the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers , would allow authorities to imprison anyone convicted of crimes involving “political corruption,” which the organization alleges are vaguely defined, [...]
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Wednesday that establishes a truth commission to investigate human rights abuses from 1946 to 1988. The bill must now be signed into law by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff , a former guerrilla fighter. Almost 500 people were killed or abducted by the military-controlled government, and thousands more [...]
An Argentine court on Wednesday sentenced 12 former military and police officers to life in prison for crimes against humanity. The defendants were charged and convicted of various crimes that took place in the Escuela de Mecanica de la Armada (ESMA), which was used by the former military dictatorship as a torture chamber. Argentina’s military [...]
The International Criminal Court should expand its investigation into the disappearances and killings of more than 1,000 people leading up to Kenya’s 2007 election , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. The 48-page report , “‘Hold Your Heart’: Waiting for Justice in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon Region,” claims that, because the Kenyan government is not adequately [...]
