US district court judge James Robertson granted Congress additional time Thursday to approve a $3.4 billion settlement against the government in a class action lawsuit brought for its alleged mismanagement of American Indian trust funds. The delay, the third since the settlement was reached in December, moves the congressional approval date from April 16 to [...]
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday denied the latest attempt by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to delay his war crimes trial. Karadzic argued that there had been a violation of his right to a fair hearing because the court had rejected previous evidentiary challenges. [...]
A Thai court on Friday issued arrest warrants for at least 17 high-profile protesters in an attempt to put down violent protests. Among the accused are top leaders of the the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, also known as red shirts . The warrants are in addition to warrants issued Thursday for seven high-level [...]
Jérémie Zimmermann : "The recent decision from the US Court of Appeals is a blow to the defense of a free, open, and therefore neutral Internet, but it is not definitive. The FCC can and should reconsider its policy and reclassify broadband providers so as to assert its authority in mandating net neutrality. The internet [...]
Turkish politician and Kurdish rights activist Leyla Zana was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda. Zana was convicted by a court in the city of Diyarbakir for two speeches delivered at the Kurdish political congress and protest in 2008. Zana has previously been convicted for spreading propaganda under Turkey's anti-terrorism [...]
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that Spain has agreed to resettle four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The four detainees are in addition to a Palestinian detainee transferred to Spain earlier this year. The governments have yet to decide which detainees will be transferred. Holder met with Spanish Prime Minister Jose [...]
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel Hassan Hamad filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington Wednesday against the US government and more than a dozen government officials. Hamad, a Sudanese aid worker captured in Pakistan in 2002, claims he was tortured during his time at Guantanamo Bay. A lawyer for [...]
18th Amendment Bill of the Pakistan Constitution, Pakistan National Assembly, April 8, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Pakistan Constitution.
A group of citizens from Kinston, North Carolina, on Wednesday filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia claiming that Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of race. Section 5 requires certain voting districts to seek federal approval before making any changes to [...]
Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadzic: Decision on Motion to Stay, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, April 8, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Radovan Karadzic.
