Elisa Mari, Pitt Law '10, files from Athens: A huge public outcry erupted in Greece in March when NATO expanded its membership, the reason being that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) wanted to join the alliance under the name of "Macedonia". For nearly all the existing NATO members this is not a big [...]
The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay alleges that the US Department of Defense (DOD) retaliated against him for giving testimony at the pre-trial hearing of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan which reflected poorly on the DOD. In an email released Wednesday, Air Force Col. Morris Davis wrote that Pentagon officials denied him a medal for [...]
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday dismissed the military judge presiding over the military commission trial of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . No explanation was given for the dismissal of Col. Peter Brownback , but Khadr's defense lawyers speculated that it was was related to Brownback's threat earlier this month to suspend [...]
A Turkish court Thursday ordered the closure of a prominent gay rights group, finding that the name of Lambda Istanbul Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transvestites Solidarity Association is contrary to Turkish morality because it includes words describing sexual identity. Lambda Istanbul has vowed to appeal the ban, taking the case to the European Court of [...]
The Balkan region, once plagued by a reputation for dangerous crime and political instability, is now one of the safest regions in Europe, according to a UN study released Thursday. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) found that violent crimes, such as rape, assault and homicide, as well as property crimes, such [...]
Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch, US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, May 28, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Memorandum ordering New York state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages legal performed outside of New York, New York Governor's Office May 14, 2008. Read the full text of the memorandum . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued five decisions Thursday finding Russia responsible for the disappearance of a dozen people during Russian armed raids in Chechnya in 2002 and 2003. Families of the victims, all of whom are presumed dead, had raised claims under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental [...]
The court-martial of a US Marine intelligence officer charged in connection with the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha began Thursday at Camp Pendleton, California . US Marine Corps 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson is charged with multiple violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) , including making a false official [...]
An Afghan detainee at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday moved to have all charges against him dismissed, alleging that he has been tortured in US custody. In a motion filed by his military defense lawyer, Mohammed Jawad said that he has been subjected to abusive treatment, including the so-called "frequent-flier program," in which certain inmates are moved [...]
