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Guantanamo prisoner can be indefinitely detained despite acquittal: prosecutors
US prosecutors argued Wednesday that even if suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] is acquitted by a military tribunal, the US government has the authority to detain him in Guantanamo Bay until the e (More) |
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UN expert calls for increased efforts to combat Somalia piracy
Pirates off the Somalia coast have increased their area of operation and use of violence despite unprecedented efforts to reduce piracy, a UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General for Political AffairsTaye-Brook Zerihoun told the UN S (More) |
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Unintended Consequences: Gaddafi's Death and the Arab Spring
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Toone, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Class of 2012, has spent over two years working and studying in the Middle East, including six months as an embedded civilian social scientist with the First Armored (More) |
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US Response to Gaddafi's Death Sets Bad Precedent
JURIST Guest Columnist Patricia DeGennaro, International Affairs Specialist and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, says that the recent killing of Muammar Gaddafi sets a dangerous precedent of deposing dictators through military force over (More) |
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Guantanamo lawyer challenges possibility of indefinite detention despite acquittal
The lawyer for suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] has filed a challenge to the method in which Guantanamo Bay military tribunals are conducted. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Reyes asserts that the Pentag (More) |
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UN Security Council resolution urges stricter anti-piracy measures
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Monday urging member states to make piracy a crime and establish anti-piracy courts because of the rise in maritime piracy crime off the coast of Somalia. The request was due in part to the recent conc (More) |
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The Twitter Revolutions: Social Media in the Arab Spring
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that social media and networking have proven pivotal in the success of the Arab Spring protest movements in a manner that was previously unforeseen by commentators and scholars... (More) |
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UN rights expert warns lethal force during arrests could violate international standards
United Nations Special Rapporteur on on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns , on Thursday urged respect for international standards concerning the use of lethal force during arrests and warned that the growing use of targ (More) |
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Combatant Immunity and the Death of Anwar al-Awlaqi
JURIST Guest Columnist Morris Davis of Howard University School of Law says the recent killing of Anwar al-Awlaqi highlights the fact that the CIA drone program violates the law of war because it is a civilian institution, lacking combatant immunity. (More) |
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Anwar al-Awlaqi and the Law of War
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law says that despite the confusion as to whether US criminal law or the law of war should apply, the killing of Anwar al-Awlaqi was legal under the law of war, which must (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.
