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Myanmar protester dies after torture during interrogation: AAPP
Myanmar opposition protester Win Shwe died while being interrogated by junta authorities, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said Wednesday. The Thailand-based group said that Win Shwe died while being tortured and that his (More) |
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Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect denies ICTY report of poor health
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir said in a Wednesday letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that he is in "excellent" health and that the ICTY registrar has exaggerated the severity his con (More) |
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Khadr asks federal court to review ruling on military commission charges
Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, challenging the US Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) decision to send Khadr's case back to a military tribunal, Khadr's l (More) |
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Corruption at critical level in Nigeria government: HRW
The corruption and violence permeating the Nigerian government have reached crisis levels, according to a report [text; press release] issued Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Comparing the behavior of the Nigerian government to a criminal organ (More) |
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Pinochet family members, former associates ordered released on bail
Twenty-three family members and former associates of late Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] were ordered released on bail Saturday by a three-member panel of an appeals court in Chile. The appeals court u (More) |
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Federal judge reinstates Gitmo habeas petitions, restoring detainee access to lawyers
A federal judge Friday overturned his previous ruling dismissing 16 lawsuits challenging the indefinite detention of about 40 terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay , in the process avoiding new limitations on lawyers' access to their clien (More) |
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Doctors in the Death Chamber: Where Ethics and the State Collide
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and British human and medical rights activist Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, says that the ethical dilemma posed by the continuing involvement of the medical profession in stat (More) |
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Chile judge indicts Pinochet relatives, associates
Twenty-three family members and former associates of the late former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet [JURIST news archive; BBC profile] were indicted in Chile Thursday on corruption charges. The 23 suspects include five of Pinochet's childre (More) |
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Guantanamo review tribunal refuses to reconsider Khadr ruling
The US Court of Military Commission Review has denied a motion by Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to reconsider its decision to send Khadr's case back to a military tribunal. The appeals court ruled [PDF text; JURIST report] last month (More) |
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Settlement reached in Sept. 11 negligence lawsuit
Five families whose relatives died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have reached a settlement agreement with American Airlines, Boeing, and a passenger screening company in the families' negligence lawsuit, lawyers said Tuesday. The families d (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.
