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Africa regional court asks Niger junta to release toppled leader
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruled Monday that the Nigerien military junta should release ousted president Mamadou Tandja [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] whom they have held since deposing him i (More) |
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Rights group asks Supreme Court to suspend 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) on Friday filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] to rescind the stay preventing the suspension of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIS (More) |
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Khadr's Plea Agreement and Sentencing: Questions Never to be Answered
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that despite purported safeguards, evidence from Omar Khadr's guilty plea and sentencing hearing shows that detainees can still be harmed by st (More) |
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US defends rights record at first ever UN review
The US government's human rights record came under criticism Friday during the country's first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . Among the criticisms leveled at the US were the treatment of detainees at Guanta (More) |
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UK court begins Iraq detainee abuse hearings
A UK High Court in London began hearings Friday to determine whether abuse claims brought by 142 Iraqis against UK military personnel should be subject to public inquiry after Defence Secretary Liam Fox refused to open such an inquiry. The Public (More) |
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Uruguay high court annuls dictatorship amnesty
The Uruguayan Supreme Court ruled Monday that amnesty granted for crimes committed by the country's 12-year dictatorship is unconstitutional. The Expiry Law , adopted in 1986, granted amnesty to military officials accused of human rights violations (More) |
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Israel forces unlawfully abusing Palestinian detainees: rights groups
Palestinian detainees have been subjected to "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment," and at times torture by Israel's Shin Bet Security Agency in violation of international and domestic law, according to a report [text, PDF, press release] releas (More) |
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Ninth Circuit indefinitely extends stay on 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ordered an indefinite extension of its temporary stay preventing the suspension of the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST news ar (More) |
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Canada government to accept Khadr after one year
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons Monday that the Harper administration has agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainee and convicted terrorist Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] after he ser (More) |
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Indonesia president: soldiers to face trial over torture video
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [official website; BBC profile] announced Monday that Indonesian soldiers caught on video last month torturing Papuan detainees will stand trial before a military tribunal. Yudhoyono said that the deci (More) |
Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII
On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.
Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.
