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Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik was removed from the UN Security Council Al Qaeda Sanctions List (1267 List) [text, PDF; materials] on Thursday. Abdelrazik was added to the list while being held in Sudan in 2006 based on suspe (More) |
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Libya revolutionaries continue to detain suspected Gaddafi mercenaries: UN report
An estimated 7,000 detainees are still being held without due process by Libyan revolutionaries, according to a UN report made public Monday. The report to the UN Security Council, by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , says that most of the prisone (More) |
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Philippines ex-president sued by relatives of massacre victims
The relatives of 57 people killed in a 2009 Philippines massacre on Tuesday sued former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] for allegedly assisting the perpetrators. The families seek five million pesos (USD $345,000 (More) |
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Philippines ex-president charged with corruption, election fraud
Philippine authorities formally charged former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] with electoral sabotage Saturday, a day after she was arrested on a warrant issued for charges of corruption and election fraud that (More) |
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Continued Dysfunction Marks Guantanamo Bureaucracy
JURIST Guest Columnist J. Wells Dixon, Senior Staff Attorney for the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says there is a systematic dysfunction within the bureaucracy of the Guantánamo Bay detention (More) |
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Philippines ex-president arrested on fraud, corruption charges
Philippine authorities arrested former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Friday in response to a warrant issued that same day on charges of corruption and election fraud occurring during her time as president. (More) |
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Philippine Supreme Court allows ex-president Arroyo to travel despite pending charges
The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday allowing former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to leave the country despite accusations of corruption and electoral fraud. The court ru (More) |
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Taiwan high court sentences ex-president Chen to additional prison time
The Taiwan High Court on Thursday sentenced former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of financial fraud, overturning a lower court ruling. Members of Chen's family, including his wife, were also fou (More) |
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Mexico high court allows state anti-abortion amendment
The Supreme Court of Mexico on Wednesday upheld a state right-to-life constitutional amendment that says life begins at conception. The amendment effectively bans abortions in Mexico's northern Baja California state. Seven of 11 justices on the co (More) |
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Taiwan ex-president Chen acquitted of one charge, given additional sentence
The Taiwan High Court on Friday overturned the conviction of former president Chen Shui-bian [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on charges of embezzling state funds but sentenced him to additional jail time on charges of money-laundering and forg (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
