UK court allowed government one week to seek release of US intelligence
April 22, 2013
On April 22, 2009, a judge for HM Courts and Tribunals Service stated that he would allow the UK government seven days to request the release of classified information related to the detention of Binyam Mohamed from the US government, or the court would issue the request order itself. Mohamed allege....... [more] 
Senate declassified Bush administration interrogation report
April 21, 2013
On April 21, 2009, the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) declassified a report that described to what extent high-ranking George W. Bush administration officials were involved in subscribing to harsh interrogation policies used on prisoners of war. The release of the report followed the rele....... [more]
US Senators unveil immigration reform bill
April 16, 2013
A bipartisan group of US senators on Tuesday unveiled details of the long-awaited immigration reform bill that would remove the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants and provide a path to citizenship. Under the legislation, an undocumented immigrant would have the opportunity....... [more]
Mexico Attorney General resigned
April 1, 2013
On April 1, 2011, Mexico Attorney General Arturo Chavez resigned, citing personal reasons, although international criticism of his suitability for the position had begun eighteen months earlier with his initial appointment. A leaked US diplomatic cable called his appointment "unexpected." He failed....... [more]
UN expert urges US to publish report on Bush-era detention, rendition program
March 4, 2013
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson called Monday on the US government to publish the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report detailing investigations into the Central Intelligence Agency ....... [more]
UAE begins trial of 94 activists charged in alleged coup plot
March 4, 2013
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday began the trial of 94 people charged with plotting to overthrow the government. The group of defendants includes unnamed doctors, academics, lawyers and other professionals arrested over the past year and accused of forming a secret network with ties to the M....... [more]
Wikileaks defendant pleads guilty lesser charges
February 28, 2013
Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty on Thursday to 10 of the 22 charges against him for providing classified materials to WikiLeaks in what the government says is the largest leak of classified documents in US history. Manning, who is charged with violating the Espionage Act, pleaded not guilty to t....... [more]
Campaign Finance's Not-So-Final Exam
February 25, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Justin Levitt of the Loyola Law School says that the Supreme Court's newest campaign finance case need not signal a sea change in the Court's campaign finance doctrine...For better or worse, a professor's thoughts are never far from final exams. The best exams, I think, test s....... [more]
Guantanamo judge gives defense lawyers access to secret detention area
February 22, 2013
The judge presiding over the 9/11 military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay has granted defense lawyers access for the first time to Camp 7, the secret facility where detainees are housed. In an order Tuesday that remains classified, Army Col. James Pohl allowed lawyers for the five detainees to spend 12....... [more]
More than 50 countries participated in US extraordinary rendition program: report
February 6, 2013
At least 54 countries participated in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overseas detention and rendition of at least 136 people, the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reported Tuesday. According to the report, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 the CIA began a secret deten....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee seeks ECHR ruling on Poland role in CIA secret prison
January 29, 2013
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Monday asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule on whether Poland violated their client's rights by aiding the US in detaining and allegedly torturing Zubaydah in a secret CIA prison. Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda suspect, alleges that h....... [more]
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