Leaked cables reveal US urged Germany not to prosecute CIA officials for rendition
The Bush administration urged Germany not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials involved in the alleged illegal arrest and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri under the administration's extraordinary rendition program [JURIST news...
Rights group urges EU to hold nations accountable for CIA rendition programs
The EU has failed to hold member states legally accountable for their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program , according to a report published Monday by Amnesty International...
Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW
Suspects detained under Morocco's counterterrorism law routinely face serious human rights violations, including illegal detention and torture, according to a report issued Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The 56-page report was created following interviews...
Europe rights court to review Macedonia role in CIA extraordinary rendition
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced Thursday that it will review the involvement of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in the extraordinary rendition and torture of Khaled El-Masri...
Spain prosecutor requests arrest warrants for CIA rendition agents
A lawyer from the Spanish National Court Office of the Prosecutor on Wednesday petitioned judge Ismael Moreno to issue arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent in 2003 as part of...
COE rendition investigator testifies in Italy CIA abduction trial
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty testified Wednesday at the trial of American and Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian...
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that instead of excusing the Bush administration lawyers who enabled torture as a tool of American policy, we should press for their prosecution and celebrate the...
Khaled El-Masri , the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA. The American...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the state secrets privilege in preparation for debate on the State Secrets Protection Act , a bill introduced by committee leaders "to enact a safe,...
New legislation could protect against abuse of state secrets privilege
Sharon Bradford Franklin : "The State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533), introduced this week by Senators Kennedy and Specter, would bring much needed reform to the state secrets privilege. The doctrine has been problematic since it...
