Chinese authorities have delayed the trial of prominent Tibetan writer Tra Gyal, according to a Friday release by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) . According to the group, Tra Gyal has been held in Xining No. 1 Detention Center without contact from his family or treatment for several medical conditions. ICT suggested the delay [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Thursday concluded its review of France’s compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) , holding that while France has a laudable action plan for eradicating racial discrimination, it must increase efforts to make the plan a reality. [...]

The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainland medical facilities following the collapse, which is attributed to complications from gall bladder surgery. Jackson is Khadr’s only lawyer, and is the only member [...]

A US military officer on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the military from discharging him under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) . The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Idaho , seeks a temporary restraining order preventing the discharge of Lt.-Colonel Victor Fehrenbach, arguing that allowing the military [...]

Alabama Attorney General Troy King on Thursday filed a lawsuit against BP for damages to the state’s coast and economy, claiming that the oil giant has failed in its efforts to accept responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. King filed an additional lawsuit in the federal district court in [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday issued a report calling on the UK government to end the use of control orders issued against terrorism suspect. The UK Home Secretary uses control orders to impose a variety of legal restrictions on individuals suspected of terrorism-related activity, regardless of the suspect’s citizenship status or whether he or she [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kushtrim Istrefi, Legal Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, says that it would be misguided to construe the ICJ’s recent advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence as the opening of the flood gates for all manner of secessionist movements… The absence of a unified policy of [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday refused to issue a stay pending appeal on last week’s decision overturning Proposition 8, the California ban on same-sex marriage . Last week, Judge Vaughn Walker held that the ban violated the guarantees of due process and equal protection under [...]

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday filed a legal challenge to the Obama administration’s new offshore drilling moratorium , claiming it violates federal law. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas , argues that the moratorium was created in violation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands [...]