Amnesty International urged Haiti's government Tuesday to release political prisoners being held indefinitely pending trial. According to the human rights group, about 2,000 people are under "prolonged detention," and close to 100 of them could be political prisoners. Amnesty called on Haiti to initiate trial proceedings under legitimate criminal charges or release the political prisoners, [...]
Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ & Ors, Supreme Court of Judicature (UK), Court of Appeal EWCA Civ 1141, August 1, 2006 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Records concerning assault, harassment or humiliation of US personnel by detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, US Department of Defense . Review the full text of the records. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Federal prosecutors may review two New York Times reporters' phone records while trying to determine who leaked information about a terrorism investigation, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel held that "on the present facts," neither common-law privilege nor the First Amendment protected the Times from disclosing the [...]
A US magistrate in Houston agreed Tuesday to delay the trial of three former British bankers facing fraud charges related to the Enron scandal so that two of the defendants can hire American lawyers. A trial had been scheduled for Sept. 11, but Magistrate Stephen Smith granted the defendants' request and ordered the men to [...]
A US military court on Tuesday began Article 32 hearings, similar to civil grand jury proceedings, to determine whether four Army soldiers charged with premeditated murder of Iraqi detainees will face courts-martial. The four men from the Third Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division – Sergeant Raymond Girouard, Specialist William Hunsaker, Pfc. Corey [...]
Democratic senators criticized the acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration Tuesday for the timing of the agency's announcement that it would reconsider allowing some over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception. Monday's surprise announcement came on the eve of a confirmation hearing for Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach , the acting FDA commissioner and President [...]
A Russian arbitration court judge declared oil company Yukos bankrupt Tuesday and said the company may be liquidated to pay creditors. The decision, which had been expected, confirms a vote taken by Yukos' creditors last week. A Yukos lawyer described Tuesday's decision as a "death sentence" for the company, once the primary producer of oil [...]
The UK Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that six terror suspects cannot be detained without charge under so-called control orders , which are used when there is not enough evidence to prosecute. UK Home Secretary John Reid had appealed a High Court ruling , arguing that it had contained "misunderstandings and errors." The High Court [...]
Iran will not abide by a UN Security Council resolution ordering it to stop enriching uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday in an address on state television. Ahmadinejad said "the peaceful use of nuclear fuel production technology" is Iran's "right," promising not to give in to pressure from the UN. Iran's Foreign Ministry and [...]
