Former terrorist suspect Karim Koubriti, a Moroccan national whose 2003 convictions for document fraud and conspiracy to aid terrorists were later overturned by a US federal judge, filed a $9 million lawsuit in federal court Thursday against former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino, former federal security officer Harry Smith, and FBI agent Michael Thomas, alleging they [...]
Some protesters being detained by authorities in Myanmar have begun a hunger strike, demanding that police camp officials provide medical treatment a fellow detainee with a broken leg, prominent labor rights activist Suu Suu Nway said Friday. Nway said the man, whose leg was broken during an a anti-government protest march Tuesday, is being detained [...]
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that the language used in policies by Nationwide Insurance was not "ambiguous" about whether damage caused by combinations of wind and water is covered under a policy that only lists one of the two. Although Nationwide defeated a lawsuit brought by [...]
Several dozen Muslims in Kenya protested in front of the Nairobi police headquarters Thursday, saying that the country has been detaining and torturing Muslim citizens at the request of the US government. The protesters alleged that suspects detained in Kenya were flown on secret rendition flights to Ethiopia, where "aggressive interrogation" took place at the [...]
The Death Penalty Worldwide, Hands Off Cain, August 30, 2007 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Katherine Varnum, et al., v. Timothy J. Brien, Iowa District Court for Polk County, August 30, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Paul Leonard, Julie Leonard v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 30, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Leandro Despouy , UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, expressed apprehension Thursday over the conviction and sentencing of UN Special Rapporteur Sigma Huda . Huda was sentenced to a three-year jail term by the Bangladesh Supreme Court Monday for her involvement in a corruption scheme headed by her husband, former Bangladeshi [...]
Up to one-fourth of US Department of Justice civil appellate lawyers are refusing to represent the government on the appeals of detainees from Guantanamo Bay , according to a story in US News & World Report. A February court ruling upholding the Military Commissions Act (MCA) put all Guantanamo detainee appeals under the jurisdiction of [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will likely invoke the state secrets privilege to halt a lawsuit against the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) , the Belgium-based international banking cooperative that disclosed personal information about its customers to third parties, the New York Times reported Friday. The DOJ wants to dismiss the litigation [...]
