| Posts |
|
Sovereignty Redux: The ICJ Ruling in Congo v. Uganda
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the International Court of Justice ruling in Congo v. Uganda is a victory for sovereignty doctrine coming just as recent reversals for involuntary sovereignty waiver (More) |
|
Uzbek courts sentence 42 more for Andijan uprising
Courts in Uzbekistan Wednesday convicted an additional 42 people and handed down prison sentences of 12-20 years in connection with the May 2005 Andijan uprising . It was reported that the defendants were convicted on charges including participati (More) |
|
UK court rules against Iraq war inquiry
A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that Military Families Against the War (MFAW) and the Stop the War Coalition , representing British families of soldiers killed in Iraq, cannot challenge the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into (More) |
|
UN torture expert urges prosecution of Uzbek minister in Andijan uprising
Manfred Nowak, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture , has called for Germany to prosecute the Uzbek Minister of Internal Affairs, Zokirjon Almatov, for his handling of the May 2005 Andijan uprising . A group of survivors and the New York-base (More) |
|
Rights group warns McCain torture ban may be undercut by Graham amendment
New York-based human rights Human Rights Watch warned Friday that the McCain Amendment prohibiting the cruel and inhumane treatment of US-held detainees that was finally endorsed Thursday by a reluctant Bush administration could yet be undercut by (More) |
|
BREAKING NEWS ~ Patriot Act renewal stalls in Senate
Sixteen key sections of the Patriot Act came closer to year-end expiration Friday as the Republican leadership in the US Senate failed to get the votes of three-fifths of the chamber's membership necessary to invoke cloture on a proposed con (More) |
|
Uzbek interior minister faces torture, crimes against humanity charges
Survivors of the May 2005 Andijan uprising have filed a lawsuit in Germany under that country's universal jurisdiction laws , accusing Uzbek Interior Minister Zokirjon Almatov of torture and crimes against humanity, the New York-based Human Rig (More) |
|
Rebels, officials on trial for Andijan uprising
An additional 114 people went on trial Wednesday in Uzbekistan on charges stemming from the May 2005 Andijan uprising , which led to government troops killing as many as 500 protestors . The Uzbek Supreme Court has released a statement that 78 civi (More) |
|
Iraq detainee abuse problem worse than reported, US ambassador says
US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday that more than 100 detainees had been abused in two Iraqi detention facilities, a figure considerably greater than the 21 or 26 people previously reported as abused. An investigation had been ca (More) |
|
ICC prosecutor seeks to move Darfur probe to Sudan
Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile; BBC profile], prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, is expected to tell the UN Security Council Tuesday that the ICC's investigation in Darfur has revealed large numbers of ki (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
