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UN counterterrorism expert urges greater clarity in US policies
June 8, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Friday urged the Obama administration to provide more clarity on its counterterrorism policies. While Emmerson's office recently released a statement strongly in favor of the new policies laid out in a speech by US.... [more]
Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years for war crimes [this day at law]
May 30, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On May 30, 2012, former Liberian president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone. The Special Court of Sierra Leone (SPSL) issued the sentence after Taylor was found guilty of planning as well as aiding and abetting crimes.... [more]
Human rights group argued federal courts should try terrorism cases [this day at law]
May 28, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On May 28, 2008, Human Rights First (HRF) released a report stating that terrorism cases should be tried in the US federal criminal court system rather than in military tribunals. HRF argued against the use of military tribunals of because delays and controversies caused by the creation of a new.... [more]
Pakistan court refuses bail to Musharraf over detention of judges
May 23, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) refused Wednesday to grant bail to former president Pervez Musharraf over the detention of judges in 2007 when he imposed emergency rule. Musharraf has been detained since April 19 at his Islamabad farmhouse for the detention charges as well as conspiracy to.... [more]
UK court denies bail for Abu Qatada
May 20, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
A UK immigration tribunal denied bail for radical cleric Abu Qatada Monday due to the high risk of escape. Qatada's lawyers insist that he should be able to spend time with his family before he leaves the UK for Jordan, where he will stand trial for terrorism. Qatada was convicted in absentia for.... [more]
Former Pakistan military ruler granted bail, remains on house arrest
May 20, 2013 by Lauren Laing
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was granted bail Monday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC), but he remains on house arrest over the murder of former prime ministerBenazir Bhutto. Judge Habibur Rehman ordered Musharraf to pay two bonds each worth one million rupees (approximately USD.... [more]
The Law of Non-Commercial Organizations: "Foreign Agents"
May 10, 2013 by Elizabeth Imbarlina
JURIST Guest Columnist Shubin Nikita, Russian State University for the Humanities, Law Faculty, explores a new amendment to Russian law affecting non-commercial organizations...On November 21, 2012, Federal Law 121-FL came into force in Russia. This law works to amend various legislative acts,.... [more]
Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
May 6, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as well as two bombings and 15 bank robberies. Her two presumed.... [more]
Former Guantanamo detainee Khadr to appeal terrorism conviction
April 29, 2013 by Peter Snyder
A former Canadian Guantanamo prisoner is planning to appeal his US terrorism conviction, his lawyer said Sunday. Omar Khadr, who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is currently imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Ontario serving out six years of an eight-year sentence for war crimes. Khadr was.... [more]
Europe court ruled UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects [this day at law]
April 29, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On April 29, 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the UK government may not withhold government benefits lawfully due to the wives and families of alleged terrorists. In 2006, the UK Treasury established strict guidelines that dictated the receipt of government benefits. These.... [more]
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