John Rizzo, the acting general counsel of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , said Wednesday that the former head of the clandestine branch of the CIA Jose Rodriguez ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects against the direction of superiors, according to Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI). Testifying before the US [...]
Robert L. Pugh et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United Ststes District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
New York State Board of elections et al. v. Lopez Torres et al., US Supreme Court, January 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
US v. Islamic American Relief Agency et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, January 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the indictment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The number of political prisoners in Cuba has decreased from 283 at the end of 2006 to to 234 at the end of 2007, but human rights abuses continue in the communist Caribbean state, according to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) Wednesday. The CCDHRN, led by Cuban human rights activist [...]
Declaration of Theresa Payton, filed in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, v. Executive Office of the President, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the declaration . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Mark Deli Siljander , a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, was indicted Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and forfeiture. The charges stem from Siljander's association with the now defunct charity Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), which allegedly funneled funds to [...]
Spanish National Court judge Santiago Pedraz said Wednesday he will switch the focus of his investigation into genocide, torture, and other crimes against humanity in Guatemala's 36-year civil war towards obtaining witness testimony in light of recent setbacks. The decision came after a Guatemalan court ruled in December that former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and [...]
New International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said Wednesday that finding and prosecuting Balkan war crimes suspects will be a top priority under his leadership. Brammertz called on the states of the former Yugoslavia to cooperate in working toward the arrest of Bosnian Serb leaders Ratko Mladic and Radovan [...]
The Supreme Court of France Wednesday overturned a November 2007 ruling by the Court of Appeal of Paris that approved the transfer of Rwandan genocide suspect Dominique Ntawukuriryayo to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , finding that the lower court had committed several procedural errors. The case will now be sent [...]
