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Rights group urges US to respect laws of war to prevent Afghan civilian deaths
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the US government to make "fundamental changes to reduce civilian casualties" in Afghanistan after attacks last week reportedly left more than 140 civilians dead. HRW said that a review anno (More) |
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Federal judge adopts new standard in ordering release of Guantanamo detainee
Judge Gladys Kessler of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has released an opinion to accompany last week's order [text, PDF; JURIST report] granting the habeas corpus petition of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Al (More) |
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Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes
Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga , the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday demanded that restrictions be placed on foreign forces to avoid further civilian casualties before recessing in protest of recent air strikes. Wolesi Jirga secretar (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus ruling [US DC]
Petitioners v. Barack Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 11, 2009 [holding that the US government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed "substantial (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Judge Gladys Kessler of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Monday the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. Ahmed has been held in Guantanamo for seven years after he was picked up in a al Qaeda (More) |
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Somalia's imposition of Sharia law likely to bring violence and instability in its wake
Christopher Holton [Vice President for Administration, Marketing & Development, Center for Security Policy]: "The imposition of Sharia in Somalia will not bring about stability, unless of course by stability one means the kind of "stabi (More) |
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Afghanistan president says controversial law restricting women's rights under review
Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] told reporters Monday that the controversial Shi'ite personal status law [Reuters backgrounder; JURIST news archive], which limits women's rights, is being amended by the count (More) |
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Federal judge adopts Obama administration standard for holding Guantanamo detainees
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday adopted a new standard for authorizing and reviewing the detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay proffered by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last month. The DO (More) |
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US prosecutors charge Afghan with funding Taliban terrorism with drug money
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday announced charges against an Afghan of conspiring to finance terrorist activity. Haji Juma Khan, who was already detained on charges of narco-terrorism, is accused of pr (More) |
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Senate declassifies report implicating Bush officials in harsh interrogation policies
The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday declassified a November 2008 report [text, PDF; JURIST report] detailing the extent of top Bush administration officials' involvement in implementing severe interrogation techniques empl (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
