Nikolas Kondylis : "During the last two days several protests took place in Athens in the anniversary of the death of a young boy who was killed last year. Within the demonstrations several protestors and anarchists turned parts of the protests into raids, violated the law and caused damages. Therefore, some of them, as announced, [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. on whether imposing class arbitration on parties is consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) when that issue is silent in the parties' arbitration clauses. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that construing the arbitration clause [...]

A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that British Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer must have access to secret documents that may contain evidence of torture. Aamer, the only British citizen remaining at the US military prison, petitioned the court for access to the documents, which his lawyers believe show that his confessions were obtained [...]

Human rights conditions in 12 Arab nations continued to deteriorate last year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, entitled "Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform," is the group's second annual . The report condemns violations of human rights, including those against political and [...]

A judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday reduced the sentences of two men convicted of spying for Cuba as part of the so-called "Cuban Five" . Judge Joan Lenard reduced the life sentence of Ramon Labanino, also known as Luis Medina, to 30 years and reduced the [...]

The US government announced Tuesday that a settlement agreement worth more than $3.4 billion has been reached in a 13-year class action lawsuit concerning the US government's alleged mismanagement of trust funds for a group of some 500,000 American Indians. US Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the settlement [...]

Order on the Application at the ECCC of the Form of Liability known as Joint Criminal Enterprise, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, December 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the ECCC.

Sacribey v. Guccione, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on extradition.

Ohio prison officials on Tuesday conducted the first execution using a new single-drug lethal injection protocol. Death row inmate Kenneth Biros was executed after the US Supreme Court rejected a last-minute stay application Tuesday morning. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit had rejected Biros's application for a stay of execution on Monday [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases related to "honest services" fraud. In Black v. United States , the Court heard arguments on the appeal of Canadian-born former media mogul Conrad Black . The Court is considering whether the honest services clause of 18 USC § 1346 applies in cases where [...]