Ninth Circuit refutes immigration judge statements made in Ethiopia asylum case
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made an unusual ruling on Friday, finding that the adverse credibility determination made by an Immigration Judge (IJ) in an asylum case was not based...
Judge orders release of US Marines jailed for not testifying on Iraqi detainee deaths
A US district court judge Thursday released two US Marines who had previously been jailed for refusing to testify about the deaths of Iraqi detainees during the November 2004 offensive in Fallujah ....
Ethiopia proposed NGO law may undermine human rights efforts
A proposed Ethiopian law regulating non-governmental organizations, which it terms Civil Society Organizations (CSO), would severely undermine human rights efforts in the country, according to two separate reports issued Tuesday by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) [PDF...
US should expedite Guantanamo closure: European investigator
The United States should set a concrete deadline for closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report by an investigator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Ethiopia judiciary, legislature target ethnic separatists: HRW report
Ethiopian human rights practices in the eastern Ogaden region have come under attack in a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) , made public Thursday. The report details atrocities committed by both the...
Report from Guantanamo: arraignment of the September 11 defendants
Sahr MuhammedAlly : "An arraignment of a defendant facing the death penalty should be done in accordance with the highest standards of due process, yet the arraignment on June 5th of the...
Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report on the state of human rights around the world on Tuesday. The major themes of this year's report include violence against women, US detention of terrorism suspects, persecution of...
DOJ to share interrogation opinions with Congressional intelligence panels
The US Justice Department will share internal legal opinions authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics with members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Elwood told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary...
JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that recently disclosed US Department of Justice letters to US Senate Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden (D-OR) on detainee interrogations reflect a misleading and erroneous understanding of...
UK ex-Guantanamo detainees suit: no room for arbitrary detention and torture
Asim Qureshi : "After years of being held in detention without charge, the British men released from Guantanamo Bay who are pursuing legal action against the intelligence services are sending a very clear message to both governments and...
