The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday extended the suspension of the Supreme Judicial Council's (SJC) inquiry into the alleged misconduct of ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , denying a government request to resume proceedings and dismiss petitions filed by Chaudhry. Chaudhry has challenged the legality of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's March 9 order suspending [...]
Police in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe , were seen assaulting and arresting protesters who had taken to the streets Wednesday to express dissatisfaction with newly proposed constitutional amendments. Witnesses reported that at least 20 protesters were arrested and three were severely beaten by police. At least one protester had to be taken to [...]
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Wednesday criticizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Customs and Border Protection Agency's Automated Targeting System , which the GAO says violates federal privacy laws by allowing personal information "to be used in multiple prescreening procedures and transferred among various CPB prescreening systems in [...]
The California Supreme Court denied review of a lower court ruling Wednesday, effectively allowing the continuation of a state-sponsored program for stem cell research operated by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine . A California state appeals court upheld the validity of the program in February, writing that it "suffers from no constitutional or other [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the suspension of Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has pushed the country's lawyers and top judge into an unprecedented confrontation with the executive power of President Pervez Musharraf… A lawyers’ mutiny is making history in Pakistan. The sight of a “strong [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) considered replacing at least 26 of 93 US Attorneys between February 2005 and December 2006, a much higher number than previously acknowledged by officials, according to a report in Thursday's Washington Post. Documents not publicly disclosed indicate that Kyle Sampson , former chief of staff for Attorney General Alberto [...]
Sandra and Roberta Cote-Whitacre et al. v. Department of Public Health, Suffolk Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 10, 2007 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Suspended Romanian President Traian Basescu Wednesday continued to speak out against political corruption while facing a Saturday impeachment referendum. Basescu was suspended by the opposition-dominated parliament in April for allegedly abusing his powers; earlier this month, the nation's Constitutional Court upheld an opposition-sponsored bill making it easier to remove Basescu by reducing the number of [...]
US mining executive Richard Ness , the regional chief executive of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation , filed a civil lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT) in Indonesia Wednesday. Last month Ness and Newmont were acquitted by an Indonesian court of criminal pollution charges that the now-closed mine had dumped dangerous elements into Indonesia's Buyat [...]
Culture, Media and Sport – Fifth Report, UK House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee, May 16, 2007 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
