Musharraf resigning Pakistan presidency to avoid impeachment
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday he was resigning from office in order to avoid impeachment proceeding by the country's parliament. In a television address , Musharraf denied any wrongdoing, but...
Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee , released a letter obtained by JURIST on Thursday in which he urged the Bush administration to postpone an international nuclear trade deal with India...
US-Czech missile defense pact prompts Russian warning of military response
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg Tuesday signed an agreement allowing the US to install ballistic missile radar systems in the Czech Republic, prompting an immediate Russian...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar , who sought a declaratory judgment against US government officials for deporting...
The UN Security Council Thursday condemned the use of sexual violence against civilians as a war tactic, saying that it can be "a war crime, a crime against humanity, or a constitutive...
State Department official defends US rendition practices before House committee
A US State Department official Tuesday defended the transfer of suspects to foreign countries based on diplomatic assurances that they will not face torture there. Speaking before the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight ,...
The Department of Homeland Security's internal investigations department has reopened an investigation into the extraordinary rendition of Canadian engineer Maher Arar , DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner told a congressional...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday defended the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in the face of a resolution by the Icelandic parliament calling...
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that instead of excusing the Bush administration lawyers who enabled torture as a tool of American policy, we should press for their prosecution and celebrate the...
Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of the use of harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding , on suspected terrorist detainees. In her comments at the headquarters...
