Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammad El Gharani has alleged that he has been recently abused by guards at the military prison, according to a Tuesday report by Al Jazeera. El Gharani reportedly made the allegations during a phone interview with the Middle-Eastern news service, saying that guards regularly beat him, have used tear gas against him, [...]
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada on Tuesday sought leave to appeal the prison sentence of 10.5 years given to Mohammed Momin Khawaja , the first person to be charged and tried under the Anti-Terrorism Act , arguing that the sentence was too lenient. Khawaja was convicted in October of designing a remote detonator and [...]
Dr. Gentian Zyberi : "Piracy is not a new phenomenon. It has existed for probably as long as sailing itself. While it was largely believed to be something of the past, it has made a notorious comeback in the last decade or so. Piracy is a domestic crime, besides being a crime under the law [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional a Florida state law that requires travel companies offering service to Cuba to post substantially higher bonds than companies that do not offer Cuban travel. Last month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) entered a Statement of Interest in [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a former US Marine against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) after ruling that Murtha was acting in an official capacity when he made allegedly defamatory statements to the press in 2006. Former US Marine Corps sergeant Frank Wuterich [...]
A group of approximately 300 Afghan women protesting a law that critics say severely curtails womens' rights were confronted by a crowd of approximately 1,000 counter-protesters Wednesday, some of whom threw stones and gravel at the women. The protest took place outside a mosque run by Shi'ite cleric Mohammad Asif Mohseni who spoke out in [...]
Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his five-day hunger strike after the Bolivian National Congress approved the final version of a new election law . Approval of the law paves the way for Morales to run for another term as president this December. Morales declared himself on hunger strike Thursday until congress passed the law because [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted Tuesday a stay of deportation of accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . The court issued the stay while it considers Demjanjuk's appeal of last Friday's order by the Board of Immigration Appeals that denied his emergency stay of deportation . Demjanjuk faces deportation to [...]
JURIST was nominated Tuesday for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2009. Called the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , the "Webbys" are the leading international awards honoring excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability, and functionality on [...]
Former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio on Tuesday began serving a six-year sentence for insider trading after the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied Monday his request to postpone imprisonment. Nacchio had argued that his surrender date should be delayed pending an appeal to the US Supreme Court. A three judge panel [...]
