Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act , passed by the California State Assembly, June 5, 2007 . Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Karunakaran Kandasamy, the alleged director of the American branch of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) , and four other defendants pleaded not in US federal court guilty Monday to charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and bribing public officials. [...]

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in prison Tuesday for his conviction on two counts of perjury, one count of lying to the FBI and one count of obstruction of justice. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had urged that Libby be sentenced to up to [...]

Pakistani police Tuesday issued a "preliminary complaint" against approximately 200 journalists, opposition party members and pro-democracy activists who demonstrated outside the Pakistan parliament building Monday evening protesting an emergency media ordinance in defiance of a government ban on unauthorized rallies issued late last week by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . The ordinance gave the Pakistan [...]

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet urged members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt measures to ensure the independence of UNHRC investigators . Speaking during a special UNHRC session, Bachelet appealed to the 47 member countries to pass agendas and organization rules in the UNHRC's upcoming 5th session that will allow independent experts and [...]

United States of America v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

United States of America v. Ohmar Ahmed Khadr, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Nine suspects were arrested and charged Monday in the US Eastern District of California for allegedly plotting the violent overthrow of the Laotian government. The suspects, including General Vang Pao, a former general in the Royal Lao Army, and Harrison Jack, a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and a retired Lt. [...]

Daniel McGowan was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after pleading guilty last year to ecoterrorism charges, including participation in a criminal conspiracy and two counts of arson. McGowan was among ten defendants who pleaded guilty for their roles in a streak of environmentally motivated arsons by the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth [...]

US Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, the judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan Monday dismissed all charges against Hamdan, citing a lack of jurisdiction and echoing another judge's dismissal of charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr earlier in the day. Both judges found that the detainees could [...]