Dutch court to hear challenge against film criticizing Islam
A district court in the Netherlands agreed Friday to hear a lawsuit filed by the Dutch Islamic Federation seeking to ban the release of a film that criticizes the Quran. Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders ...
John Lott : "Strangely, oral arguments about DC's gun ban turned on discussions of gun locks as much as anything else. Machine guns might have seemed to be a flashier topic, but...
Aisling Reidy : "On March 13, the defense for Omar Khadr had some fairly basic objectives - to get the government to disclose evidence, such as notes relating to the interrogation of their client when...
Kenya parliament approves power-sharing agreement in bid to end violence
The Parliament of Kenya Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a power-sharing agreement between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga . The Kenya Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008 , intended...
Khadr military judge orders US to turn over interrogation materials
US military judge Col. Peter Brownback on Friday ruled that interrogation materials, including names of interrogators, relevant to the case of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr must be turned over to Khadr's defense team. Earlier...
JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), says that the recent United Nations agreement with Rwanda over the detention in Rwanda of convicted ICTR prisoners is simply an agreement...
Federal appeals court rejects Black bid to remain free on bail pending appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a district court ruling denying a bid by Canadian-born financier and former media mogul Conrad Black to remain free on...
