Stephen Behnke : "The American Psychological Association commends the American Civil Liberties Union for its commitment to uncovering details surrounding the treatment of detainees at facilities run by the US government. APA shares the ACLU's...
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Ashley Deeks : "Last week the Department of Defense confirmed that Abdullah Saleh Ali al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo detainee, was one of the people...
JURIST Guest Columnist Christina Wells of the University of Missouri School of Law says that to restrict peaceful protests aimed at disseminating a message simply because we find that message offensive is inconsistent with common sense notions of privacy and...
Amrit Singh : "For almost four years now, the ACLU has been litigating under the Freedom of Information Act for the disclosure of government documents relating to the torture of prisoners held in U.S. custody abroad since September...
Lane Dilg : "In 2006, Ginnah Muhammad went to Michigan small claims court to recover $3000 from a rental-car company that she believed unfairly charged her for repairs. A state judge...
Awzar Thi : "May 10 was supposed to be a big day for Burma's military, the day that it legitimated itself through the ballot box. On that day, millions of eligible voters were supposed...
Khalid Sekander : "The U.S. Supreme Court said in 2006 that military commissions to try Guantanamo detainees were unconstitutional because they violated Common Article 3, Geneva Conventions, which states that detainees must be treated humanely and...
Stephen Page : "Australia, like the USA, has a two party system. On the left side of the fence is the Australian Labor Party and on the right the Liberal/National coalition. Australia is now at an historic...
Rick Kirgis : "If the state of Texas goes ahead with the planned execution of José Ernesto Medellín without allowing him any judicial reconsideration of his murder conviction and his death sentence (to determine whether...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says in this excerpt from her recent testimony to the US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties that not only the high...
