Hundreds of conversations between lawyers and their incarcerated clients have been secretly taped by British police, according to a report in the UK Telegraph daily published Saturday. The tapings came to light after a a former police detective revealed that he had recorded conversations in 2005 and 2006 between Muslim Labour MP Sadiq Khan and [...]
The military government of Myanmar announced in a television broadcast Saturday that it will hold a constitutional referendum in May, with multi-party elections to follow in 2010. Last September a National Convention originally called in 1993 concluded work on guidelines for a new national charter. The exact subject-matter of the referendum has yet to be [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Friday that waterboarding is clearly torture, echoing comments Wednesday by UN Special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak , who sharply criticized the White House for defending the use of waterboarding in remarks earlier this week. Arbour said Friday that she had "no difficulty" describing the practice [...]
A former Senior Advisor for Legislative Framework in the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office set to depart from the US embassy in Baghdad after a year-long posting told US Ambassador Ryan Crocker in a memo obtained by Fox News and published Friday that US officials in the country had mostly ignored legal culture institutions that address [...]
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been charged with war crimes. Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul , alleged to be Osama bin Laden's personal assistant and media secretary, is charged with conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and attacks on civilians, and providing material support for terrorism. [...]
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey Saturday formally passed the first of two proposed amendments to the country's constitution that would ease a current ban on Islamic headscarves and allow women to wear headscarves in universities. The measure, which passed by a final vote of 403-107, requires that everyone receives equal treatment from state institutions. [...]
Arizona Contractors Association, Inc., et al., v. Criss Candelaria, et al., US District Court for the District of Arizona, February 7, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Nebraska v. Raymond Mata, Jr., Supreme Court of Nebraska, February 8, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
State of New Jersey, et al., v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 8, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Kenyan Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti Friday lifted a ban on public assembly in the strife-torn country, saying that "security has generally improved." The ban was imposed after violent protests broke out following December's contested presidential election , killing 1,000 people and displacing some 250,000 more. The announcement came as former UN Secretary-General Kofi [...]
