Several domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Russia will be forced to shut down after missing Wednesday's deadline to obtain the necessary permits required by a controversial new law. Foreign-funded NGOs are required to register with the Ministry of Justice and provide detailed financial data and program plans for approval. Up to 500 [...]
Britain's High Court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that London Mayor Ken Livingstone brought his office into disrepute by making controversial comments to a Jewish journalist. The court ruled that Livingstone's comments did not breach the Greater London Authority Code of Conduct. The court said Livingstone brought disrepute on himself but not the [...]
Lawmakers in the southern California city of Escondido approved an ordinance Wednesday that will prohibit landlords from renting their properties to illegal immigrants . The measure requires landlords to submit documentation to city authorities to prove their tenants' immigration status. If found in violation, landlords could face suspension of their business licenses and fines. Opponents [...]
Israel's High Court has urged the country's military to reconsider its ban on entry by Palestinians and allow a Palestinian woman to study in Israel . Sawsan Salameh was denied entry to Israel by the military after she was accepted to study chemistry and pursue a doctoral degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . [...]
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Wednesday that the newly-signed Military Commissions Act of 2006 that has drawn harsh criticism from rights groups and many legal experts cannot be used to infringe on the rights of US citizens and provides every suspect with a full and fair trial, consistent with America's obligations under international and [...]
Three more US Marines will face courts-martial for their roles in the April kidnapping and murdering of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania . Camp Pendleton officials said Wednesday that Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington and Cpl. Trent D. Thomas will face charges of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, housebreaking, and larceny, but that [...]
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog urged a boycott Wednesday of French television programs and movies to protest the French parliament's approval of a bill that criminalizes denial of an Armenian genocide . The board of directors of RTUK unanimously recommended the boycott after the French National Assembly passed the bill last week. The French measure was approved [...]
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Nigerian state of Ekiti after Governor Ayodele Fayose was impeached by state lawmakers earlier this week following his conviction for corruption charges. Obasanjo called Fayose's removal unconstitutional because lawmakers replaced the chief judge who had been presiding over Fayose's corruption trial. After confusion [...]
A former guard at the Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria has been released from a Michigan jail after Germany, Romania and Hungary all refused to take custody of him, according to a spokesman for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . Johann Leprich, 81, joined the Waffen-SS and worked as a guard at [...]
The United States Marshall's Services Management of the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, US Department of Justice, October 18, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
