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Europe rights court orders Russia to compensate Chechen woman
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Friday ordered Russia to compensate a Chechen woman [opinion text; press release] for the disappearance and alleged killing of her husband in 2000. Applicant Asmart Magomedovna Baysayeva's husband disap (More) |
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UN rights chief details Darfur rapes, disappearances in new reports
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour released two reports Friday detailing alleged rapes and disappearances carried out by militia soldiers in the Darfur region of Sudan at the end of 2006. According to the first report released by (More) |
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Pelosi on the right path
Ali Khan : "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving on the right path in exploring the possibilities of negotiated solutions to the problems that threaten the peace of the Middle East. Her bold initiative to meet with two Muslim rulers, the Syrian (More) |
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Supreme Court action sentences Gitmo detainees to another year without habeas review
Shane Kadidal [Managing Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative]: "On April 2, 2007, the US Supreme Court denied cert in our appeal of the D.C. Circuit's decision denying federal court jurisdiction ove (More) |
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Coming Up Short on Habeas for Detainees
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that the Supreme Court's failure to marshall enough votes to review the habeas-stripping provisions of the Military Commissi (More) |
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Italy judge orders investigation into right-to-die case
Italian Judge Renato La Viola ordered an investigation into the actions of Dr. Mario Riccio, the anaesthetist turned off life support for Piergiorgio Welby , a man who suffered from muscular dystrophy and sought the right to die by euthanasia, accor (More) |
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FBI releases Emmett Till autopsy report
The FBI released a 464-page report Friday containing details from the autopsy of Emmett Till [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Till was fourteen when he was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi in August 1955 and murdered (More) |
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UN rights council passes resolution opposing public defamation of Islam
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website; JURIST news archive] passed a resolution on "Combating defamation of religions" by a vote of 24 to 14, with 9 abstentions Friday, expressing a "deep concern at attempts to identif (More) |
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UN rights council calls for new Darfur investigation
The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution Friday calling on Sudan to allow a group of rights experts to visit the region of Darfur , but did not actually criticize the Sudanese government for the atrocities occurring there. The resolution pa (More) |
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JURIST celebrates 10th anniversary with Pittsburgh conference
JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are hosting a one-day conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday in celebration of JURIST's 10th anniversary. Law as a Seamless Web|site features four panels and 14 distinguished speakers explor (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.
