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Iraq terror suspect loses bid to return to UK
Terrorist suspect Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda on Friday lost a court battle in his bid to be allowed to return to the UK on the grounds that his human rights had been violated . Al-Jedda, who has both Iraqi and British citizenship, had been held (More) |
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Saddam legal team trimmed to single lawyer as Jordan-based defense dissolved
The family of Saddam Hussein said in a statement Monday that they have granted Khalil Dulaimi, an Iraqi lawyer already serving on his defense team, the exclusive right to represent the deposed Iraqi president, dissolving his earlier Jordan-based le (More) |
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States brief ~ AL governor signs sexual predator legislation
Leading Tuesday's states brief, Alabama Governor Bob Riley signed legislation today that creates a mandatory sentence of at least 20 years to life for people convicted of certain sex crimes against children 12 and younger, and allows those offe (More) |
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UN rights agency says widespread rape still plagues Darfur
A new report prepared at the instance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and released Friday criticizes the Sudanese government for its inaction in allowing sexual violence in the turbulent Darfur region to continue and for (More) |
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Court-martial set for US Army sergeant who refused return to Iraq
US Army Sergeant Kevin Benderman will go before a general court-martial at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Thursday on charges of desertion and missing movement after he failed to report for his unit's deployment flight to Iraq on January 7. In April, (More) |
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Witness testifies that dogs bit Abu Ghraib detainees
A witness testified at a military Article 32 hearing Tuesday that dogs handled by two American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison bit and injured two Iraqi detainees. Pvt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick II, who in November was convicted of abusing (More) |
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Iranian court refuses to reopen investigation into journalist death
An Iranian court ruled on Monday that it lacked jurisdiction to investigate the death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi as a premeditated murder since the original court ruled the death unintentional. Kazemi died three weeks after being arr (More) |
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Revised version of UN reform plan defines terror, empowers Council to stop genocide
UN officials have released a revised version of plans to reform the 60-year old organization and its mandate, articulating for the first time a definition of terrorism ("the targeting and deliberate killing of civilians and noncombatants") (More) |
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UN joins rights group in criticizing new security measures in Thailand
The UN Human Rights Committee joined Thailand's National Human Rights Commission in opposing new security powers given to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . A cabinet decree now allows the government to impose curfews, censor news, ban publi (More) |
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Getting on With It: Pragmatism at Guantanamo
JURIST Guest Columnist Darryll Jones, former criminal trial attorney for the US Army Judge Advocate General and now a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, says that the recent ruling of the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals on th (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
