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Palau offers to accept Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Palau President Johnson Toribiong has said that his country is willing to accept 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a statement provided to the Associated Press Wednesday. A senior US official said later Wednesday that the US (More) |
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FBI head defends mosque investigations
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Monday that the FBI will continue investigating mosques when there may be evidence or information regarding criminal wrongdoings. Mueller's defense of such investigations followed a complaint sent to US Attorne (More) |
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Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community
JURIST Guest Columnist Zeray Yihdego of Oxford Brookes University School of Social Sciences and Law says that the UN and the world's powers must act to help stabilize Somalia, too long plagued by clan infighting, lawlessness, regional conflict in (More) |
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Canada refuses US request to accept Uighur Guantanamo detainees
The Canadian government on Thursday refused a US request to accept Chinese Uighur Muslims from Guantanamo Bay . A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper affirmed that the Canadian government is not willing to take detainees from the detention (More) |
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State secrets privilege reform urged in House committee hearing
The US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Thursday heard testimony on the state secrets privilege in advance of consideration of the State Secret Protection Act that would reform the (More) |
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US government urges Supreme Court to reject Uighur detainee appeal
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari [text, PDF; JURIST report] filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the same stance as the Bush administr (More) |
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Turkish court rules president should stand trial on corruption charges
A Turkish court ruled on Monday that President Abdullah Gul should face trial for corruption allegations stemming from a previous misappropriation of treasury funds. The Sincan High Criminal Court in Ankara held [Hurriyet report] that Gul should fa (More) |
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Turkish secular judges warn ruling Islamic party against constitutional reforms
Secular Turkish judges have warned that amendments to the Turkish constitution [text; materials] proposed by the country's ruling Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) that would include restructuring the Constitutional Court are going t (More) |
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Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Alleged Mumbai terror attack [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] suspect Mohammed Ajmal Kasab pleaded not guilty Wednesday in an Indian court to 86 charges stemming from his participation in the November 2008 attack. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, (More) |
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The 'Torture Memos': Learning That Ends Do Not Justify Means
JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that if we learn nothing else from recent disclosures about the Bush administration's use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism detainees, we mu (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.
