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DHS investigator reopens Arar rendition probe
The Department of Homeland Security's internal investigations department has reopened an investigation into the extraordinary rendition of Canadian engineer Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive], DHS Inspector General Richard Skinn (More) |
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US holds terror suspects on prison ships: UK rights group
The US has held terror detainees on roving prison ships in an effort to hide them from media scrutiny and legal watchdogs, UK prison rights group Reprieve alleged Monday. According to Reprieve, it is suspected that the USS Bataan, the USS Peleliu (More) |
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Amnesty International releases 2008 human rights report
Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report [PDF; AI materials] on the state of human rights around the world on Tuesday. The major themes of this year's report include violence against women, US detention of terrorism suspects, persec (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee sues UK for withholding 'torture' evidence
A British resident still detained at Guantanamo Bay filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the UK government alleging that the UK Foreign Office has refused to turn over evidence necessary to his defense before a US military commission, according to the G (More) |
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Berlusconi testimony sought in defense of Italy ex-spy chief in CIA rendition case
Lawyers for former Italian Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) chief Nicolo Pollari said Wednesday that they have included Italian Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi as a requested witness to testify in support of Pollari's assertion (More) |
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El-Masri asks OAS rights court to condemn CIA rendition
Khaled El-Masri , the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned [PDF complaint; press release] the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA. The American Civil Liberties (More) |
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Mukasey warns against bill curbing state secrets privilege
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in a letter Monday that the State Secrets Protection Act currently before Congress, introduced by committee leaders to enact a "safe, fair, and (More) |
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UN torture investigator says US Diego Garcia detention allegations 'credible'
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told AP on Sunday that multiple sources have confirmed that the US detained terror suspects at the US military base on the British island of Diego Garcia between 2002 and 2003, a claim which the US has (More) |
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Romania, Poland still not responding to CIA secret prison allegations: EU
The European Commission (EC) , the executive branch of the European Union, is still awaiting appropriate responses from Romania and Poland regarding allegations that they assisted the CIA in operating secret prisons for terror suspects, an EC spoke (More) |
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CIA rendition flights refueled on UK Indian Ocean island: UK foreign secretary
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband [official profile; BBC profile] said Thursday that two US planes landed on the UK territory of Diego Garcia in 2002 to refuel during extraordinary rendition flights . Miliband (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
