Russian prosecutors have opened separate murder investigations after two journalists were found dead Friday. Ilyas Shurpayev , a correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One , was found dead with stab wounds and a belt around his neck when firefighters responded to a fire, apparently set after the attack. Hours before his death, Shurpayev reportedly made [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Friday dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for refusing to seat Florida's Democratic delegation at its national convention. Florida Democratic Party activist Victor DiMaio brought the lawsuit in September 2007, arguing that under Article II and the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution he [...]
Joe Stork : "The conflict between Israel and Hamas-led forces in the Gaza Strip has taken a terrible toll among civilians. Palestinian rocket attacks that in late February killed one Israeli civilian and wounded others violated the international humanitarian law prohibition against deliberate or indiscriminate attacks against civilians. It is unlawful to fire into populated [...]
A quarter of criminal defendants in Cambodian courts are tortured or coerced into giving confessions, a statistic that has not changed since last year, according to an annual report released Thursday by Center for Social Development (CSD) . The report found that: Although duress is prohibited in Cambodia, CSD found a significant number of cases [...]
Chinese officials have ordered the closure of 25 video-sharing websites in a recent crackdown on Internet content considered pornographic, violent, or a threat to national security, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said Friday. Under rules that went into effect earlier this year, Chinese video-sharing websites must delete and report any content [...]
Letter from Abdulghappar Turkistani, March 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
In Re: I. Lewis Libby, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, March 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Attacks carried out by the Sudanese Army in four Darfur villages earlier this year constituted human rights violations, according to a report released Thursday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) . The attacks, ostensibly meant to drive back the rebel Justice and Equality Movement , left at least 115 dead and some [...]
Bangladeshi authorities Thursday released a cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad after the police official pressing charges against him repeatedly failed to appear in court. Arifur Rahman was arrested in September after the magazine Alpin, a subsidiary of Prothom Alo , published a cartoon that he created depicting a young boy and [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday ruled that lawyers for Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr could present evidence before the Court that the US is detaining Khadr in violation of international law. At a hearing scheduled for next week, Khadr's lawyers are also expected to argue that Canadian officials have acted contrary to Canadian law by [...]
