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UN human rights experts condemn draft Nigeria anti-gay law
United Nations human rights experts Friday condemned a proposed Nigerian law banning gay marriage and tightening laws criminalizing homosexuality in the country. While engaging in homosexual acts in Nigeria is already punishable by death by stonin (More) |
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Saudi executions of Sri Lankan robbers violated international law: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Saudi government of violating international law when it beheaded four Sri Lankan robbers and placed their bodies on public display in the country's capital, Riyadh, on Monday. According to HRW, the four (More) |
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Quick Supreme Court review of Al Odah/Boumediene needed
Lynne Kates [attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights]: "In their decision in Al Odah/Boumediene on Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit produced a heavily formalist decision upholding the Mili (More) |
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'Insufficient evidence' to support Ramadan torture allegations: US Army
A spokesperson for the US Army Criminal Investigation Command said Wednesday that it had found "insufficient evidence" to support allegations by former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] th (More) |
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Guantanamo habeas-stripping decision deeply disappointing
David Cynamon [partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Project Kuwaiti Freedom]: "I and the other attorneys working for justice in Guantanamo Bay are deeply disappointed in the US Court of Appeals' decision to deny our clients the basi (More) |
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Military Commissions Act habeas ruling [DC Circuit]
Boumediene v. Bush, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, February 20, 2006 [ruling that provisions in the Military Commissions Act stripping foreign nationals held as "enemy combatants" of the right to file habeas corpus petitions challe (More) |
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Congo military court sentences 13 soldiers to life for Ituri war crimes
A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has found thirteen soldiers guilty of murdering 30 civilians in the Ituri district . The thirteen were sentenced Monday to life in prison, according to UN sources. Witnesses said the so (More) |
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UN pulls Darfur probe after Sudan refuses visa for former rights commissioner
A UN Human Rights Council investigatory team Wednesday cancelled a scheduled trip to the Darfur region of Sudan after Sudanese officials again refused to grant a visa to a team member. The UN refused to replace Bertrand Ramcharan [official profile (More) |
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UK judge rules in trial of soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi detainees
A British judge issued a ruling Tuesday in the case of seven British soldiers facing court-martial [MOD press release; JURIST report] for charges relating to the abuse of Iraqi detainees. Justice Stuart McKinnon ordered the ruling to remain private, (More) |
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Russia military to investigate alleged male prostitution of conscript soldiers
Russian military prosecutors said Monday that they plan to launch a probe into allegations that young men serving their mandatory military conscription period are being forced into prostitution by fellow soldiers. The Union of Soldiers' Mothers (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.
