Lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr filed a motion Thursday to suspend the proceedings of the Court of Military Commission Review , arguing that the appellate court's three military judges were illegally appointed. The motion alleges that Defense Secretary Robert Gates did not personally appoint the judges as required under the Military Commissions [...]

READ MORE

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced pardons Friday for 38 opposition members and journalists sentenced to prison for their roles in mass anti-government demonstrations . The pardons were issued after the government received letters of apology from the defendants. The opposition members, most of whom belong to the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) , [...]

READ MORE

Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency , President George W. Bush, July 20, 2007 . Read the full text of the order. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

READ MORE

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard oral arguments on the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday, pursuant to a petition to renew precautionary measures initially granted in March 2002. Representatives from the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law argued that the continued detention of [...]

READ MORE

Israel released 255 Palestinian prisoners Friday who belong to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement and other minor factions. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the prisoners were not directly involved in the killing or wounding of Israelis, and that all released prisoners were required to sign a pledge not to participate in [...]

READ MORE

Ali Khan : "In the Constitutional Petition No. 21 of 2007 (Chief Justice Chaudhry v. The President of Pakistan), a unanimous Supreme Court of 13 Justices has declared that the President's Order to suspend the Chief Justice is "ultra vires of the Constitution . . . and passed without lawful authority." Three Justices have held [...]

READ MORE