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Nigeria authorities charge 20 over recent sectarian violence
Nigeria authorities on Thursday charged 20 individuals in connection with the recent sectarian violence in Plateau state involving killing of Christian villagers near the city of Jos. All 20 individuals have pleaded not guilty to five counts of a (More) |
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Afghanistan rights abuses leading to poverty: UN report
Corruption, abuse of power, and a focus on short-term security goals in Afghanistan have intensified the issue of poverty, affecting more than two-thirds of the population, according to a Tuesday report [text, DOC; press release] from the UN's O (More) |
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Death penalty use decreasing worldwide: Amnesty report
The number of countries using the death penalty continued to drop during 2009, according to an annual report published Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to the report, more than 700 people were executed last year in 18 countries, wi (More) |
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Supreme Court hears double jeopardy, transnational securities fraud cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Monday in two cases. In Renico v. Lett [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the court heard arguments on whether double jeopa (More) |
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UN rights committee urges Uzbekistan to investigate 2005 Andijan clashes
The UN Human Rights Committee has called on Uzbekistan to carry out an independent investigation into the May 2005 Andijan clashes [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] between Uzbek protesters, soldiers and police that human rights groups claim (More) |
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DOJ releases details on 400 convicted of terrorism-related offenses since 9/11
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released information Friday on hundreds of people tried and convicted in federal courts on charges related to international terrorism since 9/11. The National Security Division (NSD) chart has been maintained si (More) |
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Holder plans to appeal order releasing 9/11 suspect
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) would appeal a judge's order to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of involvement in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. In a decision released Mon (More) |
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Supreme Court stays execution of condemned Texas inmate seeking DNA test
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday granted a temporary stay of execution for convicted murderer Henry "Hank" Skinner who requested DNA testing be conducted in his case to prove his innocence. The co (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee's release highlights failure of enhanced interrogation policy
Daphne Eviatar [Senior Associate, Human Rights First]: "There may be no better example of why so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" are a bad idea than the case of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who a judge on Monday ordered released af (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee accused in 9/11 attacks
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who had been accused of planning the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Mohamedou Ould Slahi , a Mauritanian who has been in US custody (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
