Eighty-five year old Algimantas Dailide, a retired real estate broker from the Cleveland area who was deported from the United States in 2003 for lying about his past, went on trial Monday in his native Lithuania, charged with helping the Nazis commit genocide against the Jews during World War II. Dailide is accused of being [...]

Canadian citizen Allen Abney, arrested earlier this month at a US border crossing for deserting the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam war, said Monday at his first public appearance since his release from military custody that he was well-treated while being held at the Marine base at Camp Pendleton , California. Abney was let [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that anticipatory warrants executed at some point in the future are allowed under the Fourth Amendment . In US v. Grubbs , 04-1414, the Court overruled a Ninth Circuit decision and held that the triggering condition, or the occurrence of a future event that permits the warrant to be [...]

A former Australian federal judge has offered scathing criticism on the country's newly approved anti-terror laws , saying the measures could lead to the growth of a police state. Former federal court Judge Marcus Einfeld said the legislation eroded human rights in Australia and questioned how much Australians should give up for increased security. Einfeld's [...]

Leading Tuesday's international brief, a Spanish judge has issued an indictment against 32 Islamic militants for an alleged attempt to set off explosives at Spain's National Court (Audiencia Nacional governing statute), the heart of its judicial anti-terror activities. Most of the 32 men charged – including alleged mastermind Mohamed Achraf – have already been arrested, [...]

Danish prosecutors have charged a spokesman of radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir with threatening the government and for breaking anti-racism laws. Hizb ut-Tahrir preaches in favor of a Muslim state across the Middle East and has been banned in some countries that fear its members include terrorists. The charges against Fadi Abdullatif, a member of [...]

Sixteen Ugandan men who were arrested and charged with treason along with defeated presidential candidate Kizza Besigye , claim that they were tortured by state security agents while in custody and are suing the Ugandan government for allegedly violating their "fundamental and non-derogable rights and freedoms," their lawyer said Tuesday. The men allege that they [...]

JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that the President's stretching of US military resources close to the breaking point in Iraq raises a constitutional issue demanding Congressional intervention … Recently, much attention has been paid in the media to the legality of many of the Bush [...]

Maj. Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay , said Monday that the "imbalanced system" at Guantanamo presents a significant risk that innocent individuals will be convicted while truly guilty suspects are given an avenue to challenge their convictions. Speaking during a [...]

US military investigators are looking into allegations that made by Iraqi police that US troops killed 11 civilians in their home in Ishaqi last week, a military spokesman said Tuesday. US forces said they approached the house to arrest an al Qaeda suspect and that they only opened fire after being fired at first. They [...]