JURIST Guest Columnist Damian Ugwu, Executive Director of the Social Justice & Advocacy Initiative, says that the recent bill prohibiting same-sex marriage in Nigeria has ominous implications for a broad range of individual rights in the country...On November 29, 2011,...
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Federal judge declares Florida controlled substance law unconstitutional
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has declared the state's controlled-substances laws, which criminalize the "unknowing" possession of a controlled substance, unconstitutional. The decision, issued on Wednesday,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that the most recent bombings in India and the furor over the "targeted killing" of Osama Bin Laden raise questions about US-Pakistani relations and places the legality of...
Federal appeals court allows 9/11 suit against New York, New Jersey port authority
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday permitted a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) arising out of the terror attacks of September...
US President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that earlier in the day a small team of US military personnel attacked a compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had...
Kenya's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kenyan authorities had violated the fundamental rights of 21 former political prisoners subjected to torture, awarding them Ksh 40 million (USD $500,000) in compensation. The former prisoners were held during the...
Accused Basque separatist leader refuses to make statements before Spain court
The accused leader of the military arm of Basque separatist group ETA refused to make a statement at two hearings in the Spanish National Courts on Tuesday. Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina faces a total...
Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court Monday, asking...
DC Circuit rules against release of Uighur Guantanamo detainees into US
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Wednesday reversed an October district court order that would have provided for the release of 17...
France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian...