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Rights groups challenge NYPD over Muslim surveillance
June 19, 2013 by Sydney Normil
Rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accused the New York Police Department (NYPD) of unlawfully targeting Muslims for surveillance. The rights group allege that the NYPD has been sending spies into mosques, student associations and other places to gather information based solely on.... [more]
US government releases names of indefinite Guantanamo detainees
June 19, 2013 by Sydney Normil
The US government on Monday released the names and nationalities of 46 men who are classified for "continued detention" at Guantanamo Bay detention center, ineligible for release, transfer or prosecution. The names were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the.... [more]
UN rights chief urges Turkish government, protesters to defuse tensions
June 19, 2013 by G. Redd
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday commended the Turkish government's decision to delay government construction that was the source of widespread protests in the past month, urging authorities to work to defuse tensions. The future of Gezi Park, a rare green space in.... [more]
Feds' Excuse for Laggardly Lawsuits: There's a War On! [comment]
June 19, 2013 by Michael Muha
JURIST Guest Columnist Walter Olson of the Cato Institute weighs in on the Department of Justice's recent embrace of the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act..."War is the health of the state," wrote Randolph Bourne a century ago—from the special war taxes that can linger for a century, to the....... [more]
Illinois governor signs strictest fracking law in nation
June 19, 2013 by G. Redd
Illinois
Governor Patrick Quinn on Tuesday signed the most restrictive fracking legislation in the country into law. The bill was a joint effort between government and industry specialists and is receiving high praise from the state's environmental and manufacturing communities. It requires all.... [more]
ICC delays preliminary hearing for Congo war crimes suspect
June 19, 2013 by Laura Klein Mullen
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda in order to give prosecutors more time to prepare their case. The hearing, which was scheduled to begin on September 26, will not start until February 10..... [more]
Lawyer for Gaddafi son accuses Libya of defying ICC
June 19, 2013 by Laura Klein Mullen
The lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader
Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday accused Libyan officials of defying the International Criminal Court (ICC) by announcing that Saif al-Islam's trial would begin in August. John Jones, Saif al-Islam's lawyer, fears that his client.... [more]
UN Security Council condemned sexual violence as war tactic [this day at law]
June 19, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On June 19, 2008, the UN Security Council condemned the use of sexual violence against civilians as a war tactic through a unanimously adopted resolution. The vote came as the result of an ongoing UN conversation on women, peace and security around the world. Since the adoption of the resolution,.... [more]
Hungary prosecutors charge accused Nazi with war crimes
June 18, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man, with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust. Slovakian authorities began the investigation of Csatary in September after he was arrested on allegations of abusing and.... [more]
ICC grants Kenya VP's request to skip parts of upcoming trial
June 18, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday conditionally granted the request of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto to be excused from parts of his upcoming trial. The Trial Chamber, however, will still require Ruto to be present for certain parts of his trial, such as for opening and.... [more]
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