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Obama administration invokes state secrets in effort to block targeted killings lawsuit
The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief with the District Court for the District of Columbia , asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit questioning the legality of targeted killings of terrorism suspects. The lawsuit, filed by the father of (More) |
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Rights groups file suit over US assassination order for suspected terrorist
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the US government's authority to conduct "targeted killings" against suspected terrorists. The ACLU and CCR allege that US (More) |
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Rights groups to continue suit against terror suspect defense licensing
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Wednesday announced that they would pursue a legal challenge to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) licensing scheme, despite being issued a l (More) |
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Treasury Department to issue license for terror suspect defense
Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin said Tuesday that his office would be willing to issue a license to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) allowing them to provide legal services to Anwar al-Awl (More) |
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Rights groups challenge US regulation restricting legal assistance for terror suspects
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation making it a crime to provide legal services to, or on behalf of, individu (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
