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Khadr military trial violates international law on child soldiers: lawyers
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday argued that he was a child soldier when he was captured in Afghanistan and that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case. In the motion, filed wi (More) |
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Kenya opposition party turns to economic boycott over disputed election
Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) said Friday that it would use economic boycotts and strikes to continue protests over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki after ODM supporters clashed wi (More) |
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Kenya police clash with protesters over disputed election
Supporters of Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , fought with police Wednesday during demonstrations staged across the country over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki . At least two protes (More) |
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Linking Rights and Foreign Aid for Ethiopia: The Case of HR 2003
JURIST Guest Columnist Abigail Salisbury of the Mekelle University Law Faculty in Mek'ele, Ethiopia, says that although the vast majority of Ethiopians publicly denounce H.R. 2003, the so-called Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act now going (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Sri Lanka to protect rights as ceasefire with Tamils expires
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government to abide by international law as a 2002 ceasefire with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [group website; CFR backgrounder], or "T (More) |
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Chile court sentences Pinochet police chief to 10-year prison term
A Chilean appeals court in Santiago Friday sentenced General Manuel Contreras , the secret police chief under former dictator Augusto Pinochet [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], to 10 years in prison. Contreras, the former head of Pinochet's Na (More) |
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Abu Ghraib officer says abuse investigation was incomplete
US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive], whose conviction relating to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was thrown out earlier this week, told AP Thursday that the investigation into the scandal did not adequately sc (More) |
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Conviction of Abu Ghraib officer thrown out
The conviction of US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive], the only commissioned officer charged in connection to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal , has been annulled, his lawyer said Thursday. As convening authority (More) |
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US Army sergeant to face court-martial in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
The US Army said Tuesday that Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales will be court-martialed on charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk . Corrales was charged [pres (More) |
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Nepal in transition: abolishing the monarchy
Santosh Giri [advocate/human rights lawyer, Supreme Court of Nepal]: "The abolition of Nepal's nearly 240-year-old monarchy and declaration of Nepal as a "federal, democratic, republican state" was made by an overwhelming majority (More) |
RFK assassin sentenced to death
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was denied parole for the 12th time in March 2003.
