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Provisional Constitution Order [Pakistan]
Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 (PCO), Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf, November 3, 2007 . --------------------PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION ORDERIn pursuance of the Proclamation of the 3rd day of November, 2007, and in exer (More) |
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Canadian-based filmmaker facing secret trial in Iran
A Canadian-based filmmaker accused of intending to spread propaganda will face a secret trial in Iran on November 17, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. Mehrnoushe Solouki holds dual French and Iranian nationality and is currently a docto (More) |
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Pakistan's 'Proclamation of Emergency', the Judiciary and Other Stories
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Syed Umair Javed of the Department of Law & Policy, Lahore University of Management Sciences, in Lahore, Pakistan, says that General Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule is an illegal, ultra-constitu (More) |
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UN rights panel condemns Algeria for continuing violations
The UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern Friday over continuing human rights violations in Algeria. In its 2007 report [PDF text, in French; press release] on the North African country, the Committee flagged massacres, torture, rape and disa (More) |
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Leahy to vote against AG nominee Mukasey
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Friday that he will not support the nomination of Michael Mukasey [WH profile; JURIST news archive] as US attorney general, citing Mukasey's continuing reluctance to unequivocally (More) |
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UN Human Rights Committee urges Libya to end torture
The UN Human Rights Committee Friday called on Libya to end the use of torture and to investigate torture allegations by five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who had been detained in Libya for eight years on suspicions that they delibera (More) |
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Sanctions against Burmese junta would support human rights
Maureen Aung-Thwin [Director, Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative, Open Society Institute]: "The Burmese military junta crossed a line when they killed the monks. When thousands of maroon-robed monks led peaceful protests across Burma again (More) |
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Myanmar releases another 46 detained protesters ahead of Gambari visit
The military junta in Myanmar has released an additional 46 people detained during the recent government crackdown on opponents of the military junta, officials said Friday, after releasing 87 other demonstrators last week. Six other dissidents we (More) |
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Politics at Guantanamo: The Former Chief Prosecutor Speaks
JURIST Guest Columnist Marc Falkoff of Northern Illinois University College of Law says the recent resignation of Guantanamo chief military prosecutor Col. Morris Davis and his remarkable public conversion from champion of the military commissions to (More) |
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Red Cross renews appeal for access to Myanmar detainees
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday renewed its call for access to detainees still being held in Myanmar after the government's crackdown last month on opponents of the ruling military junta. In his second statement (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.
