The Interior Ministry of Spain said Sunday that it has taken into custody the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA , along with two other people who are believed to be senior members of the group. Ibon Gogeascoechea Arronategui and the two others were arrested in the French village of Cahan, after a [...]
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The Constitutional Court of Colombia voted 7-2 Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a law that would have allowed a referendum to amend the Colombian Constitution to enable current President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term. The court's decision was based on grave violations of principles of democratic participation and transparency that the [...]
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was accused in a new lawsuit filed Friday in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court by the Cambodian government of forging and then disseminating a false map of the Cambodia-Vietnam border on his political party's website. The map posted on the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) website shows an area along the [...]
The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to give the Israelis and Palestinians additional time to finish their separate investigations into alleged human rights violations that took place during the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza . The measure, which gives the two parties five additional months, was opposed by Israel and the US. While permanent Palestinian [...]
US Senate Judiciary Committee committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said at a hearing Friday that he was prepared to subpoena the Department of Justice (DOJ) if it did not turn over missing e-mail records of former Bush administration lawyers John Yoo and Patrick Philbin dealing with the so-called "torture memos" justifying the use of harsh [...]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond unveiled a proposal Thursday that, if passed, would allow Scottish voters to choose whether to expand the country's autonomy. The draft referendum contains two ballot papers. One version of the first question asks whether Scotland should cut ties with the UK in most areas excluding foreign affairs, defense, monetary policy, [...]
The Queen on the application of Binyam Mohamed v. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth, England and Wales Court of Appeal, February 26, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Binyam Mohamed.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday opened the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Zdravko Tolimir . Tolimir is charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder. The crimes with which Tolimir is charged were allegedly carried out against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and Zepa from [...]
The top Venezuelan human rights official on Thursday criticized findings in a report issued by the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) . Ombudsman Gabriela Ramirez , Venezuela's top rights official, said that the report makes unfair characterizations and undermines Venezuelan democracy. Ramirez responded to statistical findings in the report [...]
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ruled Friday that Russian courts must reconsider civil cases decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , ordering legislative amendments. The rule previously applied only to criminal and arbitration cases . The decision stems from a complaint brought by three Russian citizens who won legal battles [...]
