The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held the second day of confirmation hearing for Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions , President-elect Donald Trump's proposed attorney general. Sessions' first day of confirmation hearings took place Tuesday, where Sessions pledged to fulfill...
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The Iraq War was plagued with accusations of war crimes and atrocities, aimed at the different parties and countries involved in the conflict. The bulk of those claims revolved around the actual combat between US, Iraqi and guerrilla forces. However,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal from two US citizens who were detained and tortured by US forces in Iraq. In Vance v. Rumsfeld , the...
Federal appeals court revives Bush-era political hiring case
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday revived a 2008 lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleging discriminatory hiring practices based on political affiliation....
Federal appeals court dismisses torture suit against Rumsfeld
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , sitting en banc Wednesday, ruled that two American citizens cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged torture by US soldiers in...
Eric Holder: Prosecutorial Discretion and Extrajudicial Deaths
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HRW: Bush administration engaged in torture, rendition of Gaddafi opponents
During the administration of former US president George W. Bush , the US government tortured opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
Nobel laureate urges prosecution of Bush, Blair for Iraq war crimes
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday called for former US president George W. Bush and former UK prime minister Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official...
Malaysia rights group finds Bush and associates guilty of war crimes in symbolic trial
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Friday found former US president George W. Bush and seven administration officials guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial. The five-member...
Malaysia rights group finds Bush, Blair guilty of war crimes in symbolic trial
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Tuesday found former US president George W. Bush, former UK prime minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial ....