Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested six election officials in Kinshasa for electoral fraud after an opposition group alleged widespread irregularities in July's presidential election . Authorities allege that the officials were "caught red handed" tampering with ballots. Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Commission , has launched full [...]
Turkish lawyer Alpaslan Aslan, on trial for the murder of a Turkish judge , caused a courtroom commotion Friday when, during the opening of his trial, his request to leave court to pray was denied, and he was forcibly restrained by courtroom guards when he attempted to leave. The prosecution has requested four consecutive life [...]
A judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that executive immunity protects Gov. Ernie Fletcher from prosecution for alleged corrupt hiring practices while he is in office. Fletcher pleaded not guilty in June to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Special Judge David Melcher [...]
Katerina Ossenova : "Kosovo is at a remarkable moment in history, witnessing both state-building and interaction and cooperation between the world's largest international organizations. My internship position for the summer is with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), at the Department of Justice, Legal Policy Division. UNMIK was created by United Nations Security Council [...]
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has restricted the authority of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct by limiting the penalties that the commission can impose to discipline judges without the court's approval. Under state law , the Commission is made up of nine members: three judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, three members of [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other rights organizations have called for a "full and immediate investigation into abuses at Louisiana correctional facilities" during and after Hurricane Katrina last year. In a scathing report released Wednesday, the ACLU described foul conditions for prisoners held at Orleans Parish prisons. The ACLU found that prisoners were [...]
British banking officials froze the assets Friday of 19 suspects believed to be involved in a terrorist plot to blow up multiple planes traveling from UK airports to various destinations in the United States, while also making those suspects' identities publicly available. UK police officials initially announced the arrests of 21 suspects Thursday, though it [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark Brown, holder of the Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair at Capital University School of Law, says that the Fifth Circuit ruling blocking Texas Republicans – at the instance of Texas Democrats – from declaring Tom DeLay ineligible to run again for his Texas congressional seat sets a bad precedent for [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday said that the Kyrgyzstan decision to extradite four Uzbekistan refugees and one asylum seeker back to Uzbekistan earlier this week was a breach of Kyrgyzstan's obligations under the Convention Against Torture and warned that the five face a grave risk of torture . Arbour said [...]
Deepening Crisis in Darfur Two Months After the Peace Agreement: An Assessment, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
