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Kenya troops violated human rights during illegal arms operation: rights group
Kenyan troops tortured, raped, and committed other human rights violations against civilians during an operation to quell ethnic fighting in the country's northeastern Mandera Triangle region, according to a report released Monday by Human Righ (More) |
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Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
JURIST Guest Columnists Olga Martin-Ortega of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London (UK), and Jordi Palou-Loverdos, a lawyer who has represented Rwandan, Congolese and Spanish victims of crimes against humanity before the (More) |
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Israel detainee shackling practices constitute abuse: rights group
Shackling techniques used by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet Security Agency (GSS) against Palestinian detainees are unjustifiably harsh and constitute torture, according to a report [text, PDF; executive summary, DOC] issued Wednesday (More) |
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Bagram ex-detainees allege abuse at US facility
Several former detainees held at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base [JURIST news archive; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] in Afghanistan have alleged abuse while in custody, the BBC reported Wednesday. Interviews conducted over a two-month p (More) |
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Iran council rules out new elections following fraud investigation
Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that they would not hold a new presidential election, maintaining that there was no evidence of any major fraud or irregularity in the contested results . Following its investigation , the country's Guard (More) |
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Federal judge rules Guantanamo detainee no longer 'enemy combatant'
A federal judge ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee Monday, ruling that Syrian national Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco could not be considered a member of a terrorist organization when originally taken into custody due to the "p (More) |
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Holder tells Senate judiciary committee hate crimes legislation is a DOJ priority
US Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that passing hate crimes legislation is one of his top priorities for the future, during the first Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight hearing [materials; video] of (More) |
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House subcommittee questions Uighur terrorist classification
A US House of Representatives subcommittee questioned why a group of Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs is classified as a terrorist organization during a hearing Tuesday. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organiz (More) |
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AG Holder calls for stricter hate crime laws after recent violence
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday called for stricter federal hate crime laws , maintaining that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is committed to working with Congress to pass such legislation. Addressing the Washington Lawyers Committe (More) |
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SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Macchiarola, an adjunct professor at CUNY Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law, says that the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent complaint against Countrywide Financial offers several lessons (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
