A Honduran truth and reconciliation commission on Tuesday began investigating the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power. The commission is tasked with understanding what happened before, during, and after the coup and making recommendations for the future. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised the creation of the commission as "an important first [...]
The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that state intelligence agencies cannot use secret evidence in their defense against abuse accusations by Binyam Mohamed and several other UK residents who were held at Guantanamo Bay . The judgment overturned a November ruling of a UK high court, which held that defendants MI5 and [...]
Indian prosecutors on Tuesday argued for the death penalty for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166. Kasab was convicted of murder and waging war against India on Monday for his role in the terrorist attack, which was allegedly coordinated by [...]
Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Tuesday that the country has accepted its second Guantanamo Bay detainee. The man, a Yemeni citizen, arrived in Spain Tuesday and will be given residency and work permits. This is the second of five detainees that Spain has agreed to accept . Spain had previously agreed to accept [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that a Muslim woman's religious rights were not violated by police officers when she was forced to remove her religious headscarf while being detained in a holding cell. Souhair Khatib had argued that being forced to remove her hijab was a violation of her [...]
Former Argentine military junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla was charged Monday with an additional 49 counts of murder, kidnapping, and torture for crimes allegedly committed during Argentina's "Dirty War" . The charges are the latest in the ongoing investigation against Videla, who led Argentina as de facto president from from 1976 to 1981. The additional [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Monday heard arguments in the appeal of Army Spc. Charles Graner , sentenced to 10 years in prison for abuses committed at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Graner, the alleged ringleader of the Abu Ghraib abuse, was convicted in 2005 of conspiracy, assault, maltreating [...]
A federal judge on Monday granted bail for nine individuals accused of crimes committed as part of a "Christian warrior" militia called Hutaree . Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that bail would be granted but that the eight men and one woman must relinquish weapons [...]
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson agreed on Monday to delay the implementation of a new state law requiring women seeking an abortion to consent first to an ultrasound. The Center for Reproductive Rights requested a restraining order temporarily barring enforcement of the law. The Center contends the law violates patient privacy and filed a suit [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says Arizona’s controversial new immigration law appears to be constitutional, at least on its face, but the state must be scrupulously careful to avoid even the appearance of any kind of discrimination against Hispanics…. Arizona’s controversial new legislation to facilitate enforcement of [...]
