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Federal appeals court overturns release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision granting release to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman. Uthman's 2004 habeas corpus petition challenging his (More) |
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Somaliland opens maximum security prison for pirates
Somaliland [official website; BBC profile], an unrecognized independent region in northern Somalia , opened a maximum security prison for pirates on Tuesday. The prison, refurbished by a USD $1.5 million grant from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns Syria for repression of protesters
UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pilay on Saturday urged the Syrian government to heed to the demands of protesters instead of responding with violence. Pilay warned that continued repression of the Syrian people would only lead to more a (More) |
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Syria government to consider ending emergency law
An adviser for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday announced that the government would consider lifting the country's 48-year-old state of emergency law and would work to better protect citizens' human rights. Presidential spokesperson But (More) |
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Yemen parliament approves emergency laws
The Yemeni Parliament enacted several emergency measures Wednesday at the request of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an effort to end anti-government protests. The new laws give the government greater power to arrest and detain protesters and to c (More) |
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UN rights office concerned over violence in Bahrain, Syria, Yemen
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over violence against protesters in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen . Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the OHCHR, held a press briefing detailing human rights (More) |
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The Use of Force Against Libya: Another Illegal Use of Force
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at Webster University and Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says the UN Security Council and the military coalition in Libya acted in contrave (More) |
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Yemen president declares state of emergency
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a state of emergency throughout the country on Friday. The state of emergency will last 30 days and gives security forces greater powers to maintain order and also includes a ban on citizens carrying ar (More) |
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Federal court sentences convicted Somali pirates to life
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced five Somali pirates to life sentences on Monday for attacking the USS Nicholas . Maritime piracy carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison . The men received an additional (More) |
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Bahrain lawmakers call for state of emergency
A group of 22 Bahraini lawmakers on Sunday called on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to declare a state of emergency in response to the latest protests against the monarchy. The lawmakers, members of the pro-government Independent Bloc, called on Kha (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
