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Guatemala ex-colonel sentenced to prison for enforced disappearances in civil war
A retired Guatemalan colonel has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for his role in the disappearance of eight indigenous Guatemalans during the 36-year Guatemalan civil war . A three-judge court Thursday found Col. Marco Antonio Sanchez and thre (More) |
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DOJ civil rights enforcement dropped under Bush administration: report
Enforcement of various civil rights laws decreased during the Bush administration, according to a report [text, PDF; summary] released Thursday by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) . The GAO studied the activities of the Civil Rights Div (More) |
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US should reverse current policy and sign treaty banning landmines
Susannah Sirkin [Deputy Director, Physicians for Human Rights]: "As a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) was alarmed and deeply disappointed by a Department of State spokesperson' (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns Switzerland minaret ban
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned Switzerland's ban on building minarets , a type of tower associated with Islamic mosques. The ban, which was approved Sunday with 57.5 percent of the vote and the majority (More) |
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The Lisbon Treaty: Who is Europe Still Trying to Impress?
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Keyder, currently teaching European Union law at Bogazici University and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, says that the Lisbon Treaty on European Union reform that has just entered into force is much more than m (More) |
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Supreme Court reverses death sentence in post-traumatic stress disorder case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday reversed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that had affirmed a death sentence for a veteran convicted of murder who suffered from post-traumatic st (More) |
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Russia human rights leader says lawyer was murdered in prison
The chairwoman of Russia's Council for Promoting Civil and Human Rights on Monday called the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky a murder and a tragedy. Magnitsky, who was arrested on allegations of tax fraud and held for over a year witho (More) |
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Russia lawyer death prompts criticism from Hermitage founder
A lawyer who represented London-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital in a suit against Kremlin officials alleging theft and fraud died in Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Center in Moscow last week. Hermitage CEO William Browder had hired Russian lawy (More) |
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Decision to suppress detainee abuse photos keeps public in dark about misconduct
Alexander Abdo [Legal Fellow, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union]: "Historically, the United States has championed the use of photographic evidence of human-rights abuses to advance the cause of justice. The reason is simp (More) |
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Rights group says Israel-Palestinian conflict claimed almost 9,000 lives in twenty years
Marking its own 20th anniversary, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem claimed Sunday that almost 9,000 people have been killed [materials; press release] in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since 1989. A majority of the deaths (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.
