[JURIST] The US prison population is currently eight times as high as it was in 1970, but zealous prosecution and tough sentencing guidelines have done little to curb crime, according to a report [PDF text] released Monday by the JFA Institute [advocacy website], a Washington criminal justice research group. The report said:

Proponents of prison expansion have heralded this growth as a smashing success. But a large number of studies contradict that claim. Most scientific evidence suggests that there is little if any relationship between fluctuations in crime rates and incarceration rates. In many cases, crime rates have risen or declined independent of imprisonment rates. New York City, for example, has produced one of the nation’s largest declines in crime in the nation while significantly reducing its jail and prison populations. Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, and Massachusetts have also reduced their prison populations during the same time that crime rates were declining.

[JURIST] The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) [official website; official backgrounder] Tuesday joined calls to suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth in light of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule [JURIST report], suspension of the constitution and effective dismissal of the country's top judges. CHRI, which monitors human rights in the 53 Commonwealth nations and promotes adherence to the Harare Declaration [text], said that Commonwealth foreign ministers gathering Wednesday in Kampala, Uganda should bar Pakistan from the association of nations. Earlier this month, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) threatened to suspend Pakistan [JURIST report] if emergency rule was not ended by November 22.

In 1999, Pakistan was suspended from the Commonwealth for five years after Musharraf assumed power in a military coup. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Judges dismissed from the Supreme Court of Pakistan [official website] and held under virtual house arrest in the wake of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule [JURIST report] are now "free to move" and leave their homes, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Igbal Cheema said Tuesday. Justice Rana Bhagwandas [JURIST news archive] nonetheless told AFP that the ousted judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [JURIST news archive], still face heavy restrictions on their mobility. He said Chaudhry still could not leave his police-encircled residence and that while other judges could leave their homes and move around the judges' compound in Islamabad they had to seek government permission to leave, a situation he described as "cumbersome". AFP has more.

Earlier Tuesday, Pakistani authorities said they had released more than 3400 lawyers and political activists [JURIST report] detained in the aftermath of the November 3 declaration. Cheema told AFP Tuesday that some 2000 others still in custody would be released "soon," although the release of people facing criminal charges would take longer.

[JURIST] Three Pakistan Supreme Court judges removed from their positions after President Pervez Musharraf issued his declaration of emergency rule early this month have ruled against his eligibility to run for re-election as president while still Army chief of staff, according to a report Tuesday in Pakistan's News daily. A panel headed by Justice Rana Bhagwandas [Wikipedia profile] and including Justices Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan and Mian Shakirullah Jan - all currently under virtual house arrest in Islamabad after refusing to take oaths under the Provisional Constitution Order [text as amended] - filed a 58-page judgment with the Supreme Court registrar on Friday, but it was rejected and not issued publicly. On Monday, the reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed five out of six challenges [JURIST report] to Musharraf's re-election; the final challenge is expected to be disposed of later this week.

The News quotes the Bhagwandas panel judgment as concluding that Musharraf's tenure as head of the Army beyond December 31, 2004 was "illegal and unlawful". Addressing the current situation in Pakistan under emergency, the ousted judges wrote:

we earnestly feel that this country no longer can afford the luxury of resorting to circumvent the law and the constitutional mandate by upholding and affirming the draconian doctrine of necessity...

Indeed, the judges of this court are under an oath to uphold, preserve and defend the constitution of Pakistan, which must be strictly adhered to in letter and spirit without any fear or favour, or ill will.

Any endeavor to continue and affirm the present system of governance, which has transformed parliamentary system of governance into presidential form of government is bound to damage the dignity, respect and honour of the citizen of this country in the comity of the nations and bring a bad name to it, which can hardly be appreciated.

Independence of judiciary, stability of the democratic system, regular conduct of the general election process, allowing the institutions to serve freely within the sphere of their scope and without involvement of the armed would always be in the supreme interests of the nation...

Needless to emphasis, frequent military interventions and destabilization of elected governments have always given rise to indiscipline, disorder, conflict of interests, inflation, unemployment, massive corruption, intolerance and extremism in the country which must be eradicated and eliminated with iron hand and strengthen in accordance with the law.

we earnestly feel, there appears to be enough substance and force in the submission of the petitioners that General Musharraf could not contest elections from the current assemblies as outgoing assemblies can not be allowed to bind the successor assemblies to be elected as a result of popular mandate. Further more, members of present electoral college, who have already expressed their opinion by expressing a vote of confidence immediately after their assumption of office, may not be in a position to exercise their right of franchise freely and independently. They would naturally be influenced and swayed by their earlier decision.

Since the term of the office of President as well the present assembly expires simultaneously on November 15, 2007, it would be in the fitness of the things and in consonance with the democratic norms and intentions of the framers of the constitution if the new assemblies and the electoral college are allowed to exercise their right to elect a president of their choice during the term of electoral college under the constitution.

An exceptional situation which can be conceived may be where the incumbent president, before expiration of his term of office, is removed from his office on the ground of physical or mental incapacity, is impeached on a charge of violating the constitution or the gross misconduct; resignation or death when the office of president falls vacant, the existing electoral college would be constitutionally authorized to elect another president for the unexpired term of office.

Indeed, General Musharraf, was fully alive to this situation, therefore while promulgating LFO 2002, he introduced meaningful amendments in the Chief Executive order, he introduced meaningful amendments in article 224 of the constitution, providing for time for election bye election. While the original text provided that a general election to the national assembly or a provincial assembly shall be held within a period of 60 days immediately “preceding” the day on which the term of assembly is due to expire, the expression “preceding” was intentionally substituted by the term “following”.

This amendment was intentionally and deliberately made with a view to make a room for a seeking election to the office of the president from the outgoing assemblies in conformity with clause (4) of article 41 of the constitution stipulating that election to the office shall be held not earlier than 60 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of the president in office. The draftsmanship and ingenuity of those who suggested the above said amendment in the constitutional provisions can only cause dismay may be looked upon with sorrow and grief.

Since the purpose and object of the amendments never saw the light of the day, it is hard to appreciate the ground realities providing the forum to present electoral college for election of the same person to the office president for another term for which new assemblies have to be elected a as a result of popular vote based upon election manifestos of various political parties.

It may be further observed that the president being an integral part of the parliament, it would be quite inconceivable and unusual that the parliament with whom a president has to work in total cordiality and harmony should not be elected by such parliament.

At the cost of repetition, it may be noted that a parliament having outlived its tenure should not be allowed to bind the successor parliament with its choice as it is well settled that a parliament may do anything but bind the successor parliament. The present parliament having outlived its life, in our view, does not have a democratic mandate of the people to elect the same person as president for another term of five years, which would militate against the well entrenched principles of democratic value.

For the aforesaid facts, circumstances and reasons these petitions are allowed and General Pervez Musharraf declared to be disqualified to contest for the presidential election.

[JURIST] Pennsylvania's lethal injection protocol [JURIST news archive] creates an "unnecessary risk of pain and suffering" in violation of the Eighth Amendment, a lawyer for three death row convicts challenging the procedure said Tuesday. On November 9, lawyer David Rudovsky filed suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania [official website] on behalf of the plaintiff inmates, alleging that the commonwealth failed to adequately train executioners or assure that condemned inmates received the proper dosage of sodium pentothal anesthetic [DPIC backgrounder] to prevent extreme pain during execution. The plaintiffs seek class action certification for Pennsylvania's 228 death row inmates. AP has more.

Last month, the American Bar Association death penalty assessment team [ABA materials], of which Rudovsky is a member, said that Pennsylvania's death penalty system is so flawed [JURIST report] that it has denied defendants due process and could result in wrongful executions. Based on case studies in eight states, the ABA called for a nationwide moratorium on executions [JURIST report], though the studies did not examine whether lethal injections constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Several states have placed a moratorium on lethal injections pending US Supreme Court review of the issue in Baze v. Rees (07-5439) [docket; cert. petition]. Several constitutional challenges to the procedure have arisen across the country, arguing that the sodium pentothal anesthetic fails to make the inmate fully unconscious, thereby making the inmate suffer excruciating pain when the heart-stopping drug is injected.

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases [order list, PDF] and postponed jurisdiction in a third case. In District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the Supreme Court will consider whether the Second Amendment [text] to the US Constitution prohibits the District of Columbia from banning private handgun ownership, setting the stage for what could be the biggest Second Amendment challenge in almost 70 years. The Supreme Court last directly addressed the Second Amendment in 1939's US v. Miller [case materials]. In September, Washington DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DC Attorney General Linda Singer [official profiles] formally appealed [JURIST report] a March federal court ruling invalidating the District of Columbia's handgun ban [JURIST report] to the Supreme Court. In March, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit held [opinion, PDF] that the city's 30-year-old ban on private possession of handguns was unconstitutionally broad. City lawyers have warned that the ruling "severely limits" the ability of local and federal legislatures to regulate firearms to protect citizens and law-enforcement officers. AP has more. SCOTUSBLOG has additional coverage.

In Chamber of Commerce v. Brown (06-939) [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of a California law [Assembly Bill 1889] passed in 2000 that prohibits employers from using certain funds they receive from the state to influence union elections. In 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal upheld [text, PDF] the California law, ruling that it was neither preempted by the National Labor Relations Act [text] nor rendered unenforceable by the US Constitution's Supremacy Clause. AP has more. SCOTUSBLOG has additional coverage.

In Riley v. Kennedy (07-77) [docket; motion to dismiss or affirm, PDF], the Supreme Court agreed to postpone further consideration of whether the court has jurisdiction over the case until a hearing of the case on the merits. The appeal concerns a move by Alabama's Republican governor to appoint a Republican county commissioner to a heavily Democratic district; a federal court found the appointment to violate the Voting Rights Act [DOJ backgrounder]. AP has more.

[JURIST] A UK judge Tuesday sentenced Manfo Kwaku Asiedu [BBC profile] to 33 years' imprisonment for his role in the July 21, 2005 failed bomb attacks on London's transit systems [JURIST news archive]. Earlier this month, Asiedu pleaded guilty [JURIST report] to a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions and the prosecution agreed to drop the charge of conspiracy to murder. In a 2006 trial, the jury failed to reach a verdict against Asiedu, although defendants Hussein Osman, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, and Ramzi Mohamed were all found guilty [JURIST reports] of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The judge held that although Asiedu did lie to investigators about his involvement in the plot, he did not deserve the maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Asiedu purchased 110 gallons of hydrogen peroxide for use in the bombs, but said he was an unwilling and ignorant participant in the plot.

The attempted attacks came two weeks after similar suicide bombings [BBC timeline; JURIST news archive] killed 52 people on three underground trains and a bus in London. During the trial, Asiedu testified against his co-conspirators, undermining their defense that the plot was a hoax. BBC has more.

[JURIST] The Japanese government on Tuesday began fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors, pursuant to an anti-terror bill [BBC report] that was approved by Japan's upper house of parliament [JURIST report] in May. If the government determines that a visitor poses a terrorist threat or if they refuse to comply with the identification procedures [Bureau of Immigration outline], they will be denied entry into Japan and returned to their port of origin. Several human rights groups have criticized the new policy, and opponents staged a protest outside the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday. The bill's detractors say the policy violates the human rights of foreign visitors because the fingerprints and photographs are retained after foreigners are confirmed as non-terrorists. In an October letter [text, PDF] to the Justice Ministry, the European Business Council in Japan and the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan [group websites] said that the policy will hinder tourism and frustrate business travelers.

The process entails a separate line for foreigners, including business travelers, tourists, and some foreign-born residents, at airports. Some groups have been exempted from the requirement, such as diplomats, children under 16, and residents of Korean or Chinese origin who are descended from forced laborers during World War II [JURIST news archive]. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan [party website] and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations [group website; opinion paper] have warned that gathering the data and storing it in a database would violate foreigners' privacy. Reuters has more.

[JURIST] The Russian Prosecutor General's Office [official website, in Russian] said Monday that Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak is being investigated for allegedly attempting to embezzle $43.3 million in state funds. Storchak has been detained to prevent him from destroying evidence or intimidating witnesses, according to prosecutors.

Storchak was initially detained on November 15, along with Sodexim [corporate website] head Viktor Zakharov and Interregional Investment Bank [bank website] chairman Vadim Volkov. The three men allegedly misappropriated government money, which they said was to cover Sodexim business expenses. Reuters has more. Interfax has local coverage.

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Peru [official website, in Spanish] delayed the trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] Monday, granting a request by Fujimori's lawyers for additional preparation time and setting the new trial date for December 10. Fujimori is facing human rights charges for the 1992 murder of 25 people, and if convicted, could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison and be subjected to a fine of $33 million.

In September, Chilean authorities transferred Fujimori [JURIST report] to Peru after the Supreme Court of Chile allowed the extradition [ruling, PDF; JURIST report]. Fujimori will face four separate proceedings [JURIST report] in Peruvian courts, and in addition to the human rights charges, he will be tried on abuse of power and corruption charges for allegedly misusing government funds during his tenure as President from 1990-2000. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) [official website] agreed Tuesday to a new charter that will unite members into an economic bloc similar to the European Union, but faced criticism for the charter's weak stance on human rights. Article 14 of the charter [PDF text] establishes a body to monitor human rights in the region, but human rights advocates have noted that the body will not have authority to issue sanctions against member states found to have violated human rights. Critics have also been skeptical of allowing military-ruled Myanmar to join the charter [JURIST report], citing the country's poor human rights record.

In July, ASEAN leaders agreed in principle to establish a human rights body, a move initially opposed by Myanmar. Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam had also sought to delay the creation of the human rights body. Last March, ASEAN officials acknowledged that there had been little progress in efforts [JURIST report] to establish a human rights body within the organization. In December 2005, members agreed [declaration] to draft the group's first charter. AP has more.

[JURIST] The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday held its first public hearing, considering the appeal of Kaing Guek Eav [TrialWatch profile], better known as "Duch," against his eight-year pre-trial detention. Duch argued that the tribunal risked violating international law if it continued to detain him. Though a decision is not expected for several days, the ECCC judges indicated that they did not have jurisdiction to determine the legality of Duch's detention. Duch was arrested in 1999 on genocide charges and was subsequently charged by a military court with crimes against humanity in 2002 and war crimes [JURIST report] in March. Those charges were primarily brought to keep Duch in custody while the ECCC started operations. Duch, who was in charge of the notorious S-21 prison [backgrounder] in Phnom Penh, was charged [JURIST report] with crimes against humanity by the ECCC in July.

Duch is one of five top leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime [JURIST news archive; BBC backgrounder] currently in ECCC custody. ECCC authorities arrested [JURIST report] former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan Monday following his release from a hospital, and later charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Last week, the ECCC announced formal charges [JURIST report] against former Cambodian Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, who served as minister of social affairs. Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea is awaiting trial [JURIST report] for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their trials are expected to begin next year. AP has more. AFP has additional coverage.

[JURIST] Pakistani authorities have released more than 3400 lawyers and political activists [AFP report] detained in the aftermath of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule [JURIST report], Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Igbal Cheema told AFP Tuesday, adding that some 2000 others still in custody would be released "soon" although the release of people facing criminal charges would take longer. Limited releases of detainees have been going on for over a week now; on November 10, the government freed some 350 Lahore lawyers [News report] detained after a massive lawyers' protest on November 5. An additional 42 Lahore lawyers were granted bail [JURIST report] by an anti-terrorism judge Monday, the same day that the incoming governor of Balochistan province promised that all lawyers, politicians and activists held there would be released a goodwill gesture.

The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission [advocacy website] circulated what it termed an "incomplete" list early Tuesday of more than 500 Pakistani lawyers - including judges and bar officials - it says have been detained, jailed or held under house arrest. It is not yet clear how many of those on the list are included in the most recent releases, although UN officials reported Friday that chairwoman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Asma Jahangir (#419) had been freed [JURIST report] from her two-week house arrest:

Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan that have been brought under house arrest

1. Mr. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, chief justice of Pakistan
2. Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwandas,
3. Mr. Justice Ghulam Rabbani,
4. Mr. Justice Naseer-ul-Mulk,
5. Mr. Justice Shakir-ullah Jan
6. Mr. Justice Khalil Ramday,
7. Mr. Justice Sardar Ahmed Raza,
8. Mr. Justice Falak Sher
9. Mr. Tassudaq Husain Jillani
10. Mr. Justice Raja Fayyaz,
11. Mr. Justice Syed Jamshed Ali

Judges of the Sindh High Court that have been brought under house arrested

1. Mr. Justice Sabih Uddin Ahemd, Chief Justice of Sindh
2. Mr. Justice Shahani
3. Mr. Justice Musheer Alam
4. Ms. Noor Naz Agha

Other Lawyers and prominent members of the judiciary

1. Mr. Syed Hassan Tariq advocate, tortured in custody; a prominent human rights lawyer and member of executive committee of district bar association in Nawabshah, Sindh Province. He is now presently admitted at the National Medical College and Hospital in Nawabshah, Sindh. He was arrested and tortured by Police officer Mr. Ghulam Nabi Kharal, Station House Officer (SHO) of A Section police station in Nawabshah; Dr. Arbab Rahim, chief provincial minister of Sindh on 8 to 12 November 2007

2. Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd, former vice president of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the supreme body of lawyers. He was last seen on November 5, while being taken away by agents attached to the Inter Services Intelligence (I.S.I.) from Adiala Jail where he was detained, he was taken away by the intelligence agencies and was tortured. Now he is shifted to Gujranwala jail, Punjab province.

3. Mr. Munir A. Malik, former President of Supreme Court bar association, arrested on November 3, he was tortured in Attock Jail, North Western Province, he is admitted in government hospital after having blood from his urine

4. Retired Justice Tariq Mahmood, he is isolated ward of in Adiala Jail Rawlpindi, Punjab province.

5. Mr. Jawed Iqbal Burqi, a prominent lawyer in Karachi, arrested on November 4, presently in Central Jail, Karachi

6. Mr. Abrar Hassan, president of Sindh high court bar association, no medicine is allowed

7. Mr. Imdad Awan, president of Sukkur high court bar association, arrested on November 4, not provided medicines for his blood pressure and diabetes

8. Ms. Noor Naz Agha, a leading lawyer in Karachi, arrested on November 3, presently in Karachi prison, she was kept for many days in male lockup in Karachi

9. Ms. Jameela Manzoor, arrested on November 5, she was charged with high treason

10. Mr. Ahsan Bhoon, president of Lahore high court Bar association,he was beaten at the time of his arrest.

11. Retired Justice Mr. Rasheed Razvi, arrested from Sindh high court and kept in Karachi jail, Sindh

12. Mr. Justice (retired) Abul Inam was arrested from Sindh high court and kept in Karachi jail.

13. Mr Abdul Hafeez Lakho, former law minister, was arrested from sindh high court and kept in Karachi jai.

14. Mr. Akhtar Hussain advocate, former president of Sindh high court bar association, arrested from Sindh high court building and kept in Karachi Jail.

15. Mr. Muneer- ur Rehman, general secretary Sindh High court bar association, arrested from court building and kept in Karachi Jail.

16. Mr. Naeem Querashi, general secretary, Karachi Bar association, taken to unknown place.

List of Lawyer activists that have been arrested

1. A.R. Arshad
2. Aathr Mehmood
3. Abdul Aziz
4. Abdul Hameed
5. Abdul Hameed
6. Abdul Majid
7. Abdul Munaf
8. Abdul Qadoos
9. Abdul Rasheed Qureshi
10. Abdul Sami
11. Abdul Shakoor
12. Abdullah Aslam
13. Abid Hussain
14. Abid Hussain
15. Abid Masood
16. Abid Minhas
17. Abid Nazir
18. Abida Choudhry
19. Abu Abaida
20. Adeel Hussain
21. Adnan Ahmed
22. Aftab Rahim
23. Aftab Sherazi
24. Afzal
25. Afzal Ali
26. Ahmed / Zameer Ahmed
27. Ahmed Ali Faisal
28. Ahmed Bilal Faisal
29. Ahmed Raza
30. Ahsan Bhon
31. Alamdar Hussain
32. Ali Ajmal
33. Ali Athar
34. Ali Nawaz
35. Allah Buksh
36. Altaf Hussain
37. Amar Majeed
38. Amen Arshad
39. Amin Shehzad
40. Amir Hassan
41. Amir Latif Kashif
42. Amir Sanaullah
43. Amir Suhail
44. Amjad Ali
45. Amjad Mehmood
46. Ammer Hamza Khan
47. Anees
48. Anees Ali Hashmi
49. Anees Arshad
50. Anwar Ismail Khan
51. Anwar Kamal
52. Arshad Ali Rashid
53. Arshad Farooq
54. Arshad Javed
55. Arshad Naqvi
56. Asghar Khan Niazi
57. Ashraf Bhatti
58. Ashtar Ausaf Ali
59. Asif Ahmed Niswana
60. Asif Choudhry
61. Asim Farooq
62. Asim Mehmood
63. Asma Jahangir
64. Atif Choudhry
65. Atif Mustaqeem
66. Atta ur Rehman
67. Attif Mehmood
68. Attif Pervaiz
69. Ayub Shehzad
70. Ayyaz Mehroz Sandhoo
71. Azam Chohan
72. Azhar Aqeel
73. Azhar Hameed
74. Azhar Hameed
75. Azhar Majeed
76. Aziz ur Rehman
77. Azmat Ali
78. Babar Irshad
79. Bashir / Shabbir A. Choudhry
80. Bashrat Ali
81. Beenish Choudhry
82. Bilal Hassan Minto
83. Ehsan Aziz
84. Ehsan Qadir
85. Fahimudin
86. Faisal Afzal Awan
87. Faisal Chaudhry
88. Faisal Hafeez
89. Faisal Mahmood
90. Farooq Ali Bajwa
91. Fatima
92. Fatima Najeeb
93. Fayyaz Ahmed
94. Fida Abbas
95. Firdous Butt
96. Firdous Imtiaz
97. G.A. Khan
98. Ghulam Ahmed Khan
99. Ghulam Ali Khan
100. Ghulam Hussain
101. Ghulam Muhammad Sarfraz
102. Ghulam Mustafa
103. Ghulam Rasool Shahid
104. Hafiz Abdul Rehman Ansari
105. Hafiz Muhammad Tahir
106. Hafiz Saif ur Rehman
107. Hafiz Tariq Mehmood
108. Hakumat Ali
109. Hameed Chaudhry
110. Hamid Raza Bukhari
111. Haroon Ahmed
112. Hashmat
113. Hashmat
114. Hassan Islam
115. Hassnain Abbas
116. Hifza Aziz
117. Huma Shah
118. Hummayon Pervaiz
119. Iffat Saeed Choudhry
120. Iftikhar Ahmed Bhatti
121. Iftikhar Iqbal
122. Ijaz
123. Ijaz Ahmed Khan
124. Imran Akram
125. Imran Ameer
126. Imran Haider
127. Imran Masood
128. Imran Mushtaq
129. Imran Qureshi
130. Iram Waris
131. Irfan Ahmed
132. Irfan Ahmed
133. Irfan Akram
134. Irfan Asghar
135. Irfan Gaos
136. Irfan Gill
137. Irfan ul Haq
138. Izaat Nageen
139. Izhar Ahmed
140. Jahangir Bhatti
141. Jamshed
142. Jamshed Alam
143. Javed Iqbal
144. Javed Rasool
145. Javed Shabbir Khan
146. Kafeel Ahmed
147. Kaleem Ahmed Khurshid
148. Kamran
149. Karamat Ali
150. Kashif
151. Kashif Javaid
152. Khalid Akmal
153. Khalid Awan
154. Khalid Dogar
155. Khalid Dogar
156. Khalid Jameel Affaq
157. Khalid Majeed Afaq
158. Khalid Mehmood
159. Khalifa Saeed Ali Raza Shah
160. Khaliq ur Rehman
161. Khawaja Ziaullah
162. Khawaja Ziaullah
163. Khawaja Ziaullah
164. Khawar Hussain
165. Khurram Tahseer
166. Liaqat Naseer
167. M. Irshad Choudhry
168. M.Ayaz Butt
169. M.D. Chaudhry
170. Mahboob Ahmed Khan
171. Mahboob ul Hassan
172. Mahmood Ahmed
173. Mahmood Hussain
174. Malik Muhammad Basheer Awan
175. Malik Muhammad Fareed
176. Malik Muhammad Nadeem
177. Malik Shehzad
178. Manawar Hussain
179. Mansoor Ali Shah
180. Maqsood Ahmed
181. Mashhood Hussain
182. Masood Ahmed Zafar
183. Mazhar Farooq
184. Mazhar Hayyat
185. Mehmood Ahmed Awan
186. Mian Irfan
187. Mian Khalid Rashid
188. Mian Shahzad Khadim
189. Mian Shaukat Ali
190. Mian Suhail Ahmed
191. Moaazam Ali
192. Mubashir Rehman
193. Mudassar Imran
194. Muhammad Abdullah
195. Muhammad Affaq
196. Muhammad Aftab Alam
197. Muhammad Afzaal
198. Muhammad Afzaal
199. Muhammad Afzal
200. Muhammad Afzal
201. Muhammad Afzal Javed
202. Muhammad Afzal Khurram
203. Muhammad Afzal Loan
204. Muhammad Afzal Nazir
205. Muhammad Ahsan
206. Muhammad Ajmal
207. Muhammad Akhtar
208. Muhammad Akram
209. Muhammad Akram
210. Muhammad Akram
211. Muhammad Alamgir
212. Muhammad Alyas Khan Awan
213. Muhammad Amar
214. Muhammad Anwar
215. Muhammad Arif Siddique
216. Muhammad Arshad
217. Muhammad Ashiq Iqbal
218. Muhammad Ashraf
219. Muhammad Ashraf
220. Muhammad Asif
221. Muhammad Asif Iqbal
222. Muhammad Aslam
223. Muhammad Aslam
224. Muhammad Aslam Gondal
225. Muhammad Azam
226. Muhammad Azeem
227. Muhammad Azhar Siddiq
228. Muhammad Faisal
229. Muhammad Farid ul Hassan
230. Muhammad Farooq
231. Muhammad Faryad Khan
232. Muhammad Fayyaz
233. Muhammad Fayyaz
234. Muhammad Hafeez
235. Muhammad Hanif
236. Muhammad Hasham
237. Muhammad Ilyas Mughal
238. Muhammad Imran
239. Muhammad Imran
240. Muhammad Iqbal
241. Muhammad Iqbal Ghani
242. Muhammad Irfan
243. Muhammad Irfan Khalil
244. Muhammad Jaffar Tarrar
245. Muhammad Javaid
246. Muhammad Javaid Iqbal Bhatti
247. Muhammad Javed
248. Muhammad Latif Sara
249. Muhammad Maqsood /Masood
250. Muhammad Munir Farid
251. Muhammad Naeem Hanif
252. Muhammad Nasir
253. Muhammad Nazeer
254. Muhammad Pervez
255. Muhammad Ramzan
256. Muhammad Rashid
257. Muhammad Saeed
258. Muhammad Sajjad Muneer
259. Muhammad Sajjad Qaisar
260. Muhammad Salman
261. Muhammad Sarfraz
262. Muhammad Shafiq Anjum
263. Muhammad Shuja
264. Muhammad Tahir
265. Muhammad Tahir
266. Muhammad Unas
267. Muhammad Usman
268. Muhammad Waqas
269. Muhammad Yaqoob
270. Muhammad Younas Choudhry
271. Muhammad Zahid
272. Muhammad Zahid
273. Muhammad Zaman
274. Muhammad Zeeshan
275. Muhammad Zubair
276. Mushtaq
277. Nadeem Ahmed
278. Nadeem Ansari
279. Nadeem Qadir Bhider
280. Nadeem Qadir Bhinder
281. Najam Sarfraz
282. Najeebullah
283. Nasir Khan
284. Naveed
285. Naveed Ahmed
286. Naveed Inayat Malik
287. Nazeer Hussain
288. Nisar ul Haq
289. Pervaiz Aslam Choudhary
290. Pervaiz Siddique
291. Qadeer Hussain
292. Qaisar Mehmood
293. Qaisar Mustafa
294. Qalib E Abbas
295. Qamar Shahid
296. Rabia Bajwa
297. Rai Basheer
298. Rai Muhammad Hussain
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515. Mr. Mian Tahir hussain
516. Mr. Tahir Qureshi
517. Mr. Khan afsar
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[JURIST] A US federal grand jury has opened an investigation into Blackwater USA [corporate website] employees involved in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians during a September 16 incident [JURIST report] that took place in West Baghdad, ABC News reported Monday. Several Blackwater guards have been subpoenaed to testify, though none of those called to testify were the guards who allegedly fired on civilians. Five Blackwater employees have reportedly admitted firing their weapons, while 12 others said they only witnessed events on September 16. The investigation is reportedly focused on a turret gunner who said he fired in response to small arms fire from a nearby vehicle. Last week, the US Justice Department said it had not yet decided whether it will file criminal charges [JURIST report] against the Blackwater guards involved in the incident following reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that an FBI investigation had concluded and determined that the shootings were unjustified [JURIST report]. In an interview last month, Blackwater's owner said that he had not seen evidence to support that his employees acted improperly [JURIST report].

The Blackwater allegations have caused domestic outrage in Iraq and have prompted legal controversy in the US. Iraqi government investigators probing the killings have concluded that the Blackwater security detail's actions were unprovoked, and amounted to "deliberate murder" [JURIST report]. Last month, the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law [JURIST reports] that would strip foreign security contractors of immunity from Iraqi prosecution. The US House has passed a bill that would expand US jurisdiction over the same private contractors [JURIST report]. Reuters has more.