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Yemen drone strike victims' familes file suit against US
The families of two Yemeni men who were killed by US drone strikes filed a lawsuit Sunday against the US claiming that the men, Salem bin Ali Jaber and Waleed bin Ali Jaber, were "innocent bystanders" who were wrongfully killed. The lawsuit, which (More) |
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Federal appeals court releases secret legal memo on drone killing
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday released a previously secret government memo outlining the Obama administration's legal basis for the 2011 drone strike against US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] (More) |
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Federal appeals court orders release of targeted killings memo
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ordered the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over a memorandum detailing the legal justification for the US government's targeted killing program. The American Civil Liberties Union ( (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses Yemen drone strike lawsuit
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit on Friday brought against officials of the Obama administration for the 2011 drone strikes that killed three US citizens in Yemen. The lawsuit was specifically bro (More) |
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US Drones Abroad
On September 30, 2011, the US government carried out a successful drone strike against four suspected al-Qaeda supporters, two of whom were US citizens. Two weeks later, the US launched another drone strike killing a teenage US citizen and six other (More) |
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Federal judge denies request for information on targeted killings
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for disclosure of tactics used by the US to assassinate suspected terrorists. The request had been filed by Am (More) |
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US government responds to targeted killings lawsuit
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda leader and US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki [BBC obituary; JURIST (More) |
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Obama Drone Policy Makes American Citizens Vulnerable, Undermines National Security
JURIST Guest Columnist Samar Warsi, a Senior Volunteer Attorney for the Muslim Civil Liberties Union, argues that drone attacks are counterproductive and hurt American attempts at foreign policy improvement... (More) |
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Rights groups sue over deaths from CIA drone strikes
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Wednesday challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qae (More) |
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UN official: US drone strikes are potential war crimes
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions continued to criticize US drone strikes on Thursday, saying that in some cases the attacks may constitute war crimes. In addressing the 20th Session of the UN Human Right (More) |
Eight executed for witchcraft in Salem
On September 22, 1692, two men and six women were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
Read more about the Salem witchcraft trials in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
