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Canadian lawyer says access to Khadr cut off before Guantanamo hearing
US military lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr are preventing Khadr from speaking with Dennis Edney, his Canadian civil lawyer, in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, Edney told Reuters Wednesday. Edney said the ban (More) |
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Myanmar releases six more political dissidents
The military junta in Myanmar has released six more dissidents held in the wake of a late summer crackdown against protesters and political opponents, the pro-democracy National League for Democracy (NLD) said Tuesday. Three members of the NLD, hea (More) |
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The Philippines Human Security Act violates international law
H. Harry Roque Jr. : "Due to the inherent problems in defining terrorism, crimes ordinarily punished by the penal laws are now sought to be punished under the PHSA with a corresponding increased penalty with no clear test or measure when the pen (More) |
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Myanmar releases 87 prisoners, prepares for Pinheiro visit
Myanmar's military junta has announced the release of 87 people held in the wake of the government's crackdown against protesters and political dissidents which began in August. The released prisoners include more than 50 members of the Nati (More) |
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Chile charges against Pinochet family dropped
Embezzlement charges against the widow and five sons of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet [JURIST news archive; BBC profile] originally indicted [PDF text, in Spanish; JURIST report] with 17 others on October 4 were dropped by a Chilean app (More) |
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UK High Court hears Iraq detainee torture claims
The UK High Court Friday heard arguments in a case that alleges British troops tortured ten Iraqi detainees in Basra in 2003. The nine plaintiffs and a tenth man were arrested in a Basra hotel where British troops found weapons and suspected bomb-m (More) |
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Canada Supreme Court to hear Khadr appeal on government documents access
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday agreed to hear an appeal over the asserted right of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr to see thousands of pages of Canadian government documents related to his case. Lawyers for Khadr, who was born in (More) |
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UN rights expert to investigate abuses allegations during Myanmar trip
UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said Wednesday that he will investigate alleged human rights abuses during his November visit to Myanmar. The visit will be the first time Pinheiro has been g (More) |
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Extraordinary Rendition and the State Secrets Privilege: A Self-inflicted Wound?
JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Weaver of the University of Texas El Paso Political Science Department says that the lawsuit by five victims of extraordinary rendition against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan has given the federal judiciary (More) |
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Is waterboarding torture? Judge Mukasey says he doesn't know
Gary Solis [Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center and former Marine Corps judge advocate and military judge]: " Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey could not or would not say if he considers waterboarding torture. "If it (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.
