Search Results for: 2004-11-29

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that former Vice President Dick Cheney's statements about his direct involvement in the authorization of unlawful interrogation tactics such as waterboarding are clear evidence of complicity in...

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...

Bahukutumbi Raman : "From the night of November 26 to early morning on November 29, 160 Indians and 25 foreigners were killed in an unprecedented terrorist strike...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday that she has been summoned to testify before Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office on September 11. An official for the office has said that her testimony is being sought...

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...

British national Simon Mann , accused of participating in an alleged coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in 2004, has accused Sir Mark Thatcher of...

A bill to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves in universities was submitted Tuesday to the Turkish Grand National Assembly amidst protests by secular groups. Last week, an agreement between...

Danilo Reyes : "There have been dozens of attempted coups in the modern history of the Philippines, but only one has succeeded: the February 1986 overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos. His regime and its constitutional foundations were toppled...

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment for former US Department of Homeland Security Secretary nominee Bernard Kerik , reportedly on corruption charges. Kerik's indictment will remain sealed until his arraignment Friday, but sources close...

An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate...