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Amnesty International's anti-Israel stance undermines human rights and international law
Avi Bell [Director, Global Law Forum, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]: "It is tragic when distinguished human rights organizations soil their reputations by resorting to falsehoods and legal misstatements in the service of political propaga (More) |
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Egypt suspends 280 police officers for alleged human rights violations
Egyptian Deputy Interior Minister Hamid Rashid Sunday announced the suspension and investigation of 280 police officers alleged to have abused their power and committed human rights violations. In a statement before the Egyptian Parliament, Rashid (More) |
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Canada judge rules security service may not monitor terror suspects' calls to lawyers
A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled Thursday that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) must stop monitoring phone calls between terrorism suspects and their lawyers and must erase any such calls that it accidentally records. Judge Ca (More) |
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UN General Assembly splits on gay rights
The UN General Assembly was divided Thursday over the the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality as 66 nations signed a statement calling for decriminalization, and nearly 60 nations signed an opposing statement. The representative from Argentina, (More) |
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Second Circuit rehears Arar rendition case
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in an en banc rehearing of Arar v. Ashcroft . Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] is seeking a declaratory judgment against US government of (More) |
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Human rights conditions worsening in Arab region: report
Human rights conditions are worsening in 12 Arab nations, according to a report [text, PDF, in Arabic; synopsis, PDF] published Friday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, which is the group's first annual r (More) |
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Third Circuit blocks deportation of Egypt detainee despite 'no torture' pledge
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday ruled [opinion, PDF; ACLU press release] that an Egyptian Christian who could face torture in Egypt may challenge his deportation from the United States. Sameh Khouzam [ACLU materials; JURIST (More) |
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Italy court again suspends CIA rendition trial to consider state secrets testimony
Italian Judge Oscar Magi on Wednesday suspended the in absentia trial of 26 Americans , most of them suspected of working for the CIA, and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mus (More) |
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UN rights council adopts resolution condemning Congo abuses
The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution [text, DOC; materials] Monday condemning human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the close of a special session on renewed violence in the country. The Council singled out ab (More) |
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ICC chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Darfur rebel leaders
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday at a meeting of states party to the ICC treaty that he would seek arrest warrants for the leaders of rebel groups in Sudan's Darfur region . The arrest (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
