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Russia president signs bill expanding secret police powers
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday signed into law a bill that will grant controversial new powers to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian Federation's successor to the former US (More) |
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UK appeals court rules terror suspects may sue over wrongful control orders
The UK Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that two terrorism suspects can sue the government for damages over wrongfully imposed control orders [Guardian backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The appellants, known only as AF and AE due to the sensitive (More) |
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Wikileaks founder alleges documents may reveal US war crimes in Afghanistan
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange [Telegraph profile] said Monday that the Afghan War Diaries , a compilation of 91,000 documents leaked to the organization on the US war effort in Afghanistan, may provide evidence of war crimes committed by US forc (More) |
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Canada appeals court reverses ruling for government intervention in Khadr case
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that a Federal Court decision calling for the government to protect the rights of Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] while in US custody overstepped judicial boundaries. Chief Justice Pie (More) |
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Israel not expected to cooperate with UN flotilla probe
Israel will likely not cooperate with a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation to look into an Israeli military raid of a flotilla in Gaza that took place at the end of May. While the Israeli government has not yet made an official announcem (More) |
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UN rights council names Gaza flotilla raid investigators
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday named the members of its fact-finding mission into the May flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . The UNHRC announced the formatio (More) |
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Kenya court awards compensation to Nyayo torture victims
Kenya's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kenyan authorities had violated the fundamental rights of 21 former political prisoners subjected to torture, awarding them Ksh 40 million (USD $500,000) in compensation. The former prisoners were held during (More) |
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China violated international law in reaction to 2008 Tibet protests: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged Wednesday that Chinese authorities used excessive force in responding to the 2008 Tibetan demonstrations [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and tortured those in custody following the demonstrations in violati (More) |
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CANADA: Corporate Accountability for the Extractive Industry
Megan McKee, Pitt Law '12, is currently an intern with Montreal's Social Justice Committee (SJC). She writes about the SJC's advocacy for corporate accountability in the extractive industries... In May I began working for the Social Justice Committe (More) |
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Federal court maintains stay on Khadr habeas petition
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday allowed Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to amend his 2004 habeas corpus petition, but refused to lift the stay on the petition pending (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.
