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Canada man charged with advocating genocide
The Ontario Provincial Police on Thursday announced hate crimes charges against a Bangladeshi-born Canadian man after he posted comments on a website calling for the extermination of Jewish people. Salman Hossain was charged with three counts of w (More) |
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Federal judge strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive] definition of marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it inter (More) |
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UK strengthens test for stop and search of terror suspects
UK Home Secretary Theresa May on Thursday announced interim stop-and-search guidelines for suspected terrorists in response to a January ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , which found that searches performed by police without le (More) |
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Federal appeals court denies Guantanamo detainee al Odah's habeas petition
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a partially redacted opinion Wednesday denying habeas corpus relief to Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah [JURIST news archive]. In its opinion, the co (More) |
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France court sentences Noriega to 7 years for money laundering
A Paris criminal court on Wednesday sentenced former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to seven years in jail for money laundering. Noriega, whose trial began last week , was convicted of laundering $3 millio (More) |
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Prosecute Defendants, Not Their Counsel
JURIST Guest Columnist Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine University School of Law says that provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 that would allow for special investigations of lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay deta (More) |
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Israel soldiers to face disciplinary action over Operation Cast Lead
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that several Israeli soldiers will face disciplinary action for their role in the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the Gaza strip. The announcemen (More) |
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Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach
The Federal Court of Canada on Monday ordered the Canadian government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive] with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach of his constitutional rights. The court held (More) |
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Former Argentina dictator goes on trial for 'Dirty War' rights violations
An Argentine court on Friday commenced the trial of former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive], who is facing several human rights violations for his role in the nation's "Dirty War" . Videla was tried a (More) |
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Iran court sentences 2 to death over detained protester killings
An Iranian military court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for killing three anti-government protesters in prison, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday. Nine others were sentenced to prison terms, and (More) |
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus
On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address drafts riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861).
Read "Lincoln and Habeas Corpus" from the University of California at Long Beach.
