Supreme Court grants government delay in detainee photos appeal
The US Supreme Court issued an order Monday allowing the government more time to appeal a ruling mandating the release of photos allegedly depicting detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. The order, issued by Justice...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a review of the detention of Qatar national Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri . Al-Marri is the only individual currently being held on US soil by...
Attorneys for former US Army researcher Dr. Steven Hatfill have filed a motion seeking to dismiss an appeal by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy challenging her contempt order...
China plans to challenge World Trade Organization findings on tariff violations
The China Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that Chinese officials disagreed with and could challenge a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report which states that the country illegally taxes and...
Hamdan not entitled to Fifth Amendment protections: military judge
Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the judge presiding over the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan , ruled Monday that Hamdan is not entitled to the protection against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment...
The European Parliament (EP) voted Thursday to adopt a resolution calling on member states to "review and repeal laws and policies that discriminate against the Roma on the basis of race and ethnicity."...
The Italian government Thursday began carrying out a controversial plan to fingerprint the country's Roma minority , despite fierce criticism from the international human rights community and Roma advocates . The fingerprinting...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
Federal appeals court overturns enemy combatant status of Guantanamo detainee
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Monday ordered the US government to release or transfer a Chinese Uighur Muslim detained at Guantanamo Bay, ruling that Huzaifa Parhat...
Benzman, et al. v. Whitman, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, April 22, 2008 [ruling that former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman cannot be sued for making allegedly misleading reassurances about the air quality in New...
