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The Bangladesh Supreme Court Monday ordered a stay of the bail granted to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed , who has been charged by Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission with corruption, and most recently,...

Former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf Friday denounced the UK government's latest proposal to extend beyond 28 days the time that terror suspects can be held without charge, supporting positions taken by other current and former top...

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,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Sadaf Aziz of the Lahore University of Management Sciences Faculty of Law in Lahore, Pakistan, says that the government's use of plainclothes thugs to brutally suppress dissent and protest in the present "emergency" makes it clear that...

JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University says despite US attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey's success in winning approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full Senate should take all the time it needs...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Monday criticized the weekend imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan, saying that she was "alarmed by the suspension of fundamental rights" in the...

Maureen Aung-Thwin : "The Burmese military junta crossed a line when they killed the monks. When thousands of maroon-robed monks led peaceful protests across Burma against the 500% overnight increase in fuel prices,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that Judge Michael Mukasey's written response to Senate Judiciary Committee follow-up inquiries concerning his views on the legality of waterboarding and torture demonstrate views of America's...

US President George W. Bush on Thursday defended the refusal of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey to say that waterboarding is illegal. During a press conference Thursday, Bush said:I've submitted...

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Monday denied accusations of corruption during questioning by officials from the country's anti-corruption commission , according to Hasina's lawyer. Hasina was questioned at the...