The Philippine government has failed to investigate and prosecute extrajudicial killings tied to the country’s military, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Tuesday. In a report entitled “No Justice Just Adds to the Pain: Killings, Disappearances, and Impunity in the Philippines,” HRW presents evidence indicating that the Philippine military was involved in seven murders and three [...]
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) on Monday filed a complaint challenging a North Dakota law that effectively bans non-surgical abortions in the state. The law restricts the use of mifepristone, misoprostol and other drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to induce first-trimester abortions. The complaint, filed on behalf of the sole [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that Google could appeal a decision permitting a wiretapping lawsuit against the company to proceed. Judge James Ware granted Google’s request to delay the lawsuit pending an appeal of a ruling against Google. The lawsuit claims that Google is [...]
Three Pakistani men filed a complaint on Monday seeking to arrest former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) legal counsel for authorizing unmanned predator drone strikes . The complaint alleges that former General Counsel to the CIA John Rizzo approved the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to carry out drone strikes and admitted to doing so in [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Richard Booth of Villanova University School of Law says that courts should stop certifying securities fraud class actions, as they compound the loss to stockholders and other methods could be utilized to deter corporate fraud and more effectively provide restitution to all affected stockholders… Since 2005, the Supreme Court has rendered eight [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that the most recent bombings in India and the furor over the “targeted killing” of Osama Bin Laden raise questions about US-Pakistani relations and places the legality of US aid to Pakistan into doubt…
UN Officials and the UN Security Council on Monday called for an end to fighting in the Southern Kordofan area of Sudan . Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General for UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced that the UN has received reports of indiscriminate aerial attacks, abductions, extrajudicial killings and mass graves discovered [...]
Phelim Kine, Senior Researcher in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, argues that in order for the Chinese government to legitimately address human rights concerns, it must acknowledge the shortcomings of previous efforts and ensure that government officials and security forces follow and enforce human rights protections…
A Ukraine court on Monday dismissed Serhiy Vlasenko, a lawyer representing former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko , from judicial proceedings. Vlasenko had been defending Tymoshenko in a criminal case related to United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), an energy company at one time headed by the former prime minister. The Pechersky District Court of Kiev [...]
Corie Wright, Policy Counsel for Free Press, argues that the Third Circuit’s ruling restoring the cross-ownership ban on media was a sweeping victory for the public interest and that the FCC must work to maintain diversity in media ownership to ensure competition and the quality of news…
