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Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the notion of setting up a special international tribunal to try Guantanamo detainees - most recently floated in an op-ed in the New York Times - is not as promi (More) |
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Internal Saudi counter-terrorism measures remain shrouded in mystery
Christopher Boucek [Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]: "Early this week Human Rights Watch released a new report on internal security in Saudi Arabia. The report is very fair and makes many good points (More) |
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Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by Hezbollah may proceed. The suit was brought (More) |
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Islamic charity seeks summary judgment on NSA wiretapping case
The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday filed a request for partial summary judgment concluding that the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally wiretapped several conversations between the charity and its lawyers. The organization is s (More) |
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Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2005 says that in responding to post-electoral unrest Iran's Supreme Leader is utilizin (More) |
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Iran authorities arrest academics affiliated with Mousavi: report
Iranian authorities arrested 70 members of the Islamic Association of University Teachers after they met with opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi on Wednesday, according to a statement on Mousavi's website . The professors met to discuss (More) |
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France parliament establishes commission on Muslim burqa
The president of the French National Assembly Bernard Accoyer announced Tuesday the creation of a commission to study the wearing of the Muslim burqa . The statement came after French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST (More) |
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Iran to conduct partial recount after leader orders probe into vote fraud
Iran's Guardian Council of the Constitution said Tuesday that it would conduct a partial recount of disputed presidential election results after the country's spiritual leader and highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [official profile (More) |
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Yemen denies plans to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
The government of Yemen denied Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the US to transfer nearly 100 Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation. According to a statement from the Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Y (More) |
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Resettling Guantanamo Detainees: Reluctance and Responsibility
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of Australian National University College of Law says that until the United States is prepared to acknowledge that it has a continuing responsibility for some of the Guantanamo detainees once they have been release (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
