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UN group calls for human cloning ban
United Nations researchers called for a global ban on human cloning in a report issued Saturday. The United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies did not call for a ban on all types of cloning, recommending that therapeutic cloning for (More) |
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Myanmar allows pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to meet with party members
The military junta in Myanmar Thursday agreed to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with fellow members of her political party Friday for the first time in three years. The announcement came after UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Ibrahim (More) |
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Soldiers and Citizens: Dictatorship and Democracy in Pakistan
JURIST Guest Columnist Sadaf Aziz of the Lahore University of Management Sciences Faculty of Law, in Lahore, Pakistan, says that President Pervez Musharraf's continued leadership of Pakistan in an ostensibly civilian capacity while still Army Chi (More) |
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UN expert says increased violent racism threatens human rights
Increasing institutionalization of racist political ideologies and violent expressions of racism seriously threaten democracy and human rights, a United Nations expert told the General Assembly Wednesday. In his report to the General Assembly's (More) |
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UN envoy to meet with Myanmar opposition leader
UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari will meet with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, Gambari told diplomats during a one-hour briefing Wednesday. Gambari had originally proposed a meeting with both Suu Kyi and a memb (More) |
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Solidarity With Pakistan's Lawyers: If Not Now, When?
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that lawyers around the world should show solidarity with the lawyers of Pakistan in their remarkable resistance to arbitrary power and lawlessness in the wake of General P (More) |
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Rights groups call for investigation of Argentina prison deaths
Human rights groups, including the The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on Tuesday called for a government investigation into a fire that killed at least 32 prisoners in northern Argentina on Sunday following a riot at the facility. The (More) |
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Mukasey Nomination Requires Robust Scrutiny on Senate Floor
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University says despite US attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey's success in winning approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full Senate should take all the t (More) |
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White House considering giving detainees new rights after Guantanamo closure: NYT
Amidst discussions among members of the Bush administration on closing the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay , officials are considering providing detainees expanded court access and transferring them to federal custody in the United States, th (More) |
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Pakistan riot police battle lawyers protesting emergency in Lahore
Pakistani riot police and security forces fired tear gas at dark-suited lawyers and law students assembled at the High Court in Lahore Monday and charged them with batons as some 2000 demonstrated against President Pervez Musharraf's Saturday p (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.
