JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch says that one of the reasons Majid Khan was not tried in civilian court and was offered a plea deal by Guantanamo prosecutors was to prevent him from testifying on...
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JURIST Guest Columnist Maureen Duffy of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law says that the use of "blacklists" as a tool for counter-terrorism efforts does not increase public safety, and instead may result in a form of legal punishment...
Guantanamo inmate's request to question Yemen president denied
A military judge on Tuesday denied the request of suspected USS Cole bomber and Guantanamo inmate Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to question Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as a witness in his case....
Iraq has executed 65 people so far this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. HRW said those executed were convicted of various crimes and counted a total of 51 in January...
France judge requests access to Guantanamo to probe torture allegations
A French judge has requested access to information from Guantanamo Bay in order to investigate allegations of torture being made by three French citizens. Judge Sophie Clement requested access to documents, as well as access to individuals...
UK Human Rights Litigation After the Iraq War
David Feldman, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; January 17, 2012
Halting Canadian Bush Prosecution Violated International Obligations
JURIST Guest Columnists Matt Eisenbrandt, Legal Director for the Canadian Centre for International Justice, and Katherine Gallagher, a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, say the Canadian government not only rejected the opportunity to prosecute George W....
Rights groups criticize European countries over silence on CIA rendition program
Two international human rights organizations on Monday accused European countries of suppressing evidence of their roles in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. Legal action charity Reprieve, in cooperation...
Leaders in the US House and Senate on Monday evening announced that they had reached an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 after making some modifications and adding text. The bill, which was...
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison outside the capital of Romania, the Associated Press (AP) alleged on Thursday. A joint investigation between the AP and a German public television...