ACLU hails Rumsfeld resignation, urges Congress to probe legal abuses
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday applauded the resignation of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a "step in the right direction" and urged Congress to launch an investigation ...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that although Donald Rumsfeld is resigning as US Secretary of Defense, steps should be and will be taken to hold him accountable...
EU report on Turkey accession cites prosecution of critics as obstacle
Turkey's bid for EU membership still faces significant obstacles, including the slowing of reforms and laws inhibiting freedom of speech, according to report released by the European Commission Wednesday. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn [official...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Monday began the trial of Momcilo Mandic , a former interior minister and then justice minister in the Bosnian Serb government of...
Statistics indicate that the US Justice Department has declined to prosecute 87 percent of all terrorism case referrals from the FBI in fiscal year 2006, according to new findings released by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse...
A Chinese intermediate appellate court has overturned and remanded back to the trial court the case of Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist who was sentenced in August to four years...
British judge presses for speedy start to transatlantic air terror trial
The British judge presiding over the trial of 13 men arrested and charged in connection with the alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound jetliners over the Atlantic urged...
EU-US agreement will allow sharing of information on criminal probes
European Union officials said Tuesday that the EU has reached an agreement with the US to allow EU transnational organized crime-fighting body Eurojust and US prosecutors to share information about investigations on terrorism...
Former FDA commissioner enters guilty plea to misdemeanor charges
Dr. Lester M. Crawford , former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , pleaded guilty to charges of conflict of interest and false writing at his arraignment hearing...
Bill Goodman : "The Center for Constitutional Rights is aggressively challenging the appalling Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress last week. Our allies have already contributed cogent analyses of some of the dangers posed...
