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Rights groups confirm CIA extraordinary rendition planes landed in Poland
Two human rights groups released documents Monday confirming that planes associated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program landed in Poland on six occasions in 2003. The Open Society Justice Initiative and th (More) |
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Denying Arar opportunity for redress undermines US justice system
Andrea Prasow [Senior Counterterrorism Counsel, Human Rights Watch]: "On February 1, 2010, Maher Arar asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue federal officials for damages even though they allegedly conspir (More) |
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Federal jury convicts Pakistani woman of attempted murder of US personnel
A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday convicted Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, on charges of attempting to murder US personnel at the Afghan facility where she was bein (More) |
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Arar appeals rendition suit to Supreme Court
Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrog (More) |
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US trial begins for Pakistani woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent
The federal trial of Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, began Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York . Siddiqui is charged with assault and the attempted murder of a US officer after al (More) |
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New air travel security measures strain foundations of the liberal state
William W. Keller [Professor, University of Pittsburgh]: "International travelers are being subjected to higher levels of security screening in the wake of last week's attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Uniformed guards carry (More) |
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UK official criticizes High Court for ordering release of torture evidence
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director of Defense and Strategic Threats, Simon Manley, criticized [Guardian report] Britain's High Court Thursday for jeopardizing national security by ordering the public release of evidence of alleg (More) |
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Italy judge convicts 23 former CIA agents in rendition trial
Judge Oscar Magi of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Milan on Wednesday convicted 23 former CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. The nearly three-year trial, which was delayed m (More) |
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Second Circuit again dismisses Arar rendition suit
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrogation, and to (More) |
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Obama's Terrorism Policy: Change If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Change
JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England School of Law say that while newly-announced White House policies on detentions and state secrets represent ostensible departures from Bush administration positions, they main (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.
