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Report urges Mexico authorities to investigate human rights violations
Complaints about violations committed by Mexico's military forces have been on the rise, a report issued by the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego (TBI) said on Monday. The report alleges that Mexican military forces have been c (More) |
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AI: Mali authorities must investigate torture, disappearances
Malian soldiers loyal to the country's coup leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, have been committing human rights violations, including torture, extra-judicial killings, and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report [text, PDF (More) |
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India authorities, Maoists threatening activists: HRW
Indian authorities and Maoist rebel groups have threatened and attacked civil society activists thereby interfering with the human rights work in the area of central and eastern India, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; press release ] M (More) |
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Putin signs Russia-US child adoption agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday signed a new agreement with the US that tightens the rules for Americans adopting children from the Russian Federation. Specifically, a foreign family can adopt a Ru (More) |
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Pennsylvania Shale Pipelines: Underground and Unregulated
JURIST Associate Editor Garrett Eisenhour, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, is a law clerk at the Center for Coalfield Justice. He explores the regulation and safety concerns surrounding gas pipelines, and argues that the costs m (More) |
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Slovakia to seek extradition of accused Nazi from Hungary
Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minist (More) |
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International bodies express concern over ongoing violence in Syria
The United Nations and the Arab League on Sunday each expressed concern over the recent increased violence in Syria . UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos expressed particular concern ov (More) |
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UN official calls for transfer of Khadr to Canada
The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy on Friday renewed her call to transfer Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to his home (More) |
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UN rights chief concerned over Myanmar ethnic clashes
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concern about the continued violence and human rights violations prevalent in Myanmar's Rakhine state since clashes began between its Buddhist and minority Rohingya Muslim comm (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for protection of civilians in Syria
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday insisted that the Syrian government take steps to protect civilians during armed conflicts. Pillay noted that recent violence in the country has often led to the death of civilians who we (More) |
FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died
Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II.
Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.
