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UK to launch investigation into torture allegations
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary William Hague said Friday that the UK will launch an investigation into allegations that overseas UK operatives were complicit in torture. Hague stated that the new coalition government will initiate a (More) |
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Maldives offers to accept two Guantanamo detainees
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has offered to accept two detainees held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , discussing his decision during his weekly radio address on Friday. The offer is being described as a humanitarian gesture, b (More) |
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Rights group urges UK to set up judicial inquiry on torture
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the new UK government to set up a judicial inquiry on torture allegations and reaffirm its support for human rights. The rights group claimed that allegations of complicity in the torture of terrorism suspects (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Russian Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the release of Russian Guantanamo Bay detainee Ravil Mingazov . Judge Henry Kennedy Jr ordered the government to "take all necessary and appropriate diplomati (More) |
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US military judge sets opening date for Khadr trial
A US military judge announced tuesday that the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive] will begin on August 10 . Army Col. Patrick Parrish also ordered pre-trial hearings on the admissibility of Khadr's (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to drop charges against ex-Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive], despite his lawyers claims that he had been tortured in prison. Judge Lewis Kaplan of (More) |
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Red Cross confirms secret Bagram prison: BBC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed the existence of a secret detention facility at Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news archive], according to a Tuesday BBC News report . The BBC reported last month that nin (More) |
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UN official calls for Khadr's release to Canada
A UN official on Thursday urged the US and Canada to respect international convention and release Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] into Canadian custody. UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Confli (More) |
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Federal judge orders ex-Guantanamo detainee to attend trial despite strip searches
A federal judge ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] must attend the opening of his trial, requiring him to submit to strip searches he claims are traumatic. Judge Lewis Kap (More) |
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Public Interest Lawyering: 'Material Support' of Terrorism?
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says the question of whether the government can criminally prosecute an attorney for representing a client sai (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
