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Federal appeals court upholds indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the 2010 denial of petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainee Shawali Khan . Khan is an Afghan citizen who, at the time of his capture in mid-Nove (More) |
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Drone Strike Casualties and the Laws of War
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory University School of Law argues that the recent claim of zero civilian casualties from US drone strikes in Pakistan may sound good at first, but indicates more concerning possibilities in US interpretation (More) |
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Pakistan civilians seek arrest of ex-CIA legal counsel for drone attacks
Three Pakistani men filed a complaint on Monday seeking to arrest former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) legal counsel for authorizing unmanned predator drone strikes . The complaint alleges that former General Counsel to the CIA John Rizzo appr (More) |
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Women still facing global discrimination: UN
Women around the world are still facing discrimination, according to a report [text, PDF; materials] released Wednesday by UN Women detailing the legal and humanitarian struggles of women across the globe. The report, "Progress of the World's Women (More) |
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Federal judge denies release of Taliban Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ruled against the release of a former high-ranking Taliban official at Guantanamo Bay despite a request from Afghanistan's Peace Council to release the prisoner. Judge Ric (More) |
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Controversial Afghan court overturns parliamentary election results for fraud
A special court in Afghanistan on Thursday overturned the election results of nearly 25 percent of the assembly seats due to poll fraud in last September's parliamentary elections . Head of the special court Sediqullah Haqiq announced the ruling th (More) |
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Pakistan military court to try security force members for killing unarmed man
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan to try six paramilitary forces in the shooting death of an unarmed man under the Pakistan Anti-Terrorism Ordinance of 1999 . On Friday, several paramilitary soldiers (More) |
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Federal judge overturns release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Hussein Salem Mohammed Almerfedi . After his capture in 2001 and detention at Guantanamo Bay, Almerfedi f (More) |
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International Law and the War on Terror: The US-European Schism
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Gabor Rona of Human Rights First says that the recent visit to the US by German Chancellor Angela Merkel highlights a fundamental difference between the US and Europe in the interpretation and application of internation (More) |
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Pakistan high court demands explanation of security force killing
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday demanded an explanation of an incident in which Pakistani security forces shot and killed an unarmed man. Several paramilitary soldiers opened fire on an unarmed, 22-year-old man in Benazir Park, then stood by (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
