Search Results for: 2002-06-11
Palestine's Upgraded Status and the International Criminal Court
Megan A. Fairlie, Florida International University College of Law
Wikileaks begins release of confidential US 'detainee policies'
The controversial intelligence-leaking website Wikileaks on Thursday began releasing a series of confidential US detainee policies , according to the website. The site said that it will release "more than 100 classified...
Eric Holder: Prosecutorial Discretion and Extrajudicial Deaths
Tung Yin, Lewis & Clark Law School
ACLU: US government releases names of Guantanamo prisoners approved for transfer
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Friday that, following a request it made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) , the government has released the names of 55 detainees who were...
Federal judge rules priests not Vatican employees in sex abuse case
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled in favor of the Vatican on Monday by holding that priests are not employees of the Holy See , the ecclesiastical, governmental and...
India court sentences 21 to life in prison over 2002 religious violence
An Indian court sentenced 21 individuals to life imprisonment on Monday after finding them guilty of attempted murder and rioting relating to several murders in the town of Visnagar in Gujarat state 10 years ago. The 21 Hindus were...
Federal judge upholds secrecy of documents released by Wikileaks
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the government is not required to release documents that are designated as secret, even though they have allegedly been made...