Inaccurate statements presented to the 9/11 Commission by senior Pentagon officials regarding the Sept. 11 attacks were not provided intentionally, but rather were the result of poor record-keeping, according to a newly-disclosed report by the US Defense Department Office of the Inspector General . The report was made in May 2005, but it was not [...]
US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday called on Hezbollah to immediately stop launching rockets into civilian areas within Israel, saying their actions constitute "war crimes." The rights watchdog said Hezbollah's assertions that it is targeting military bases within Israel are offset by the fact that most attacks have been aimed at schools, hospitals [...]
A controversial new clemency law in Italy reducing some prison sentences by three years to cut down on jail overcrowding is facing criticism after some released prisoners returned to lives of crime this week. One man, who had been convicted of domestic abuse, allegedly attempted to murder his ex-wife after his release, while another tried [...]
The Minsk Central Court in Belarus Friday sentenced four independent election monitors for their affiliation with an "unregistered" organization which infringed on citizens' rights. The four were members of the Partnership monitoring group, which had received monetary assistance from the US-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs . The group had been planning to observe [...]
Two days before the 61st anniversary of the first US atomic bombing of Japan , the Hiroshima District Court in Japan ruled Friday that 41 survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incorrectly denied benefits as sufferers of radiation sickness, but their demands for damages was not approved. The Japan [...]
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that Vermont civil union laws govern a child custody battle between a now-separated lesbian couple who were legally joined in a civil union in Vermont, despite conflicting decisions by Virginia courts. Lisa and Janet Miller-Jenkins lived in Virginia but traveled to Vermont to be joined in a civil union [...]
A US military prosecutor said in closing arguments at an Article 32 hearing Friday that four US soldiers should face court-martial for violating the laws of war by setting several Iraqi detainees free after a May 9 raid on a suspected insurgent camp near Samarra in Salahaddin province and then shooting them as they ran [...]
League of United Latin American Citizens, et. al. vs. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et. al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, August 4, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
S & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 1157, August 4, 2006, Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
A panel of three federal judges on Friday redrew Texas's 23rd Congressional District to "restore Latino voting strength" to the district in compliance with a June 2005 Supreme Court ruling. The new congressional map as drawn by judges from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas consolidates Webb County , placing the [...]
