The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Saturday announced it had transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo Bay . The detainees, four of whom were sent to Iraq, one to Algeria, and one to Afghanistan, were found to be eligible for transfer after what DOD called "a comprehensive series of review processes." About 245 detainees [...]

The Tehran Revolutionary Court announced Saturday that it has convicted four Iranians of being involved in an alleged US-supported plan to overthrow the Iranian government. The court said that the four men had confessed to planning to overthrow the Iranian government in cooperation with the US State Department and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) . Last Tuesday, [...]

Venezuela's National Assembly has prohibited private television stations from presenting live coverage of its debates, according to reports printed Saturday. The restriction came after Globovision broadcast live video of Deputy Hugo Marquez viewing images of women wearing bathing suits or less on a laptop computer during discussion of a constitutional amendment to abolish presidential term [...]

The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Friday overturned the corruption conviction of former president Arnoldo Aleman. Aleman was convicted of money laundering and embezzlement in 2003, after being accused of taking up to $100 million from the Nicaraguan government. He had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but had served only four years, with [...]

A Zimbabwe court ruled Friday that human rights activist and head of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Jestina Mukoko can appeal her detention to the country's Supreme Court. Mukoko's claim that her detention violates her constitutional rights was allowed to go forward after Harare Magistrate Archie Wochiunga ruled that the state did not prove that her [...]

Lawyers for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced Friday that they will boycott impeachment proceedings against Blagojevich in the Illinois State Senate . The lawyers, Edward Genson, Sam Adam, and Sam Adam, Jr., will boycott the impeachment proceedings as a protest against Senate procedures they believe will rob Blagojevich of his due process rights. Genson called [...]

Sahr MuhammedAlly : "On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will inherit the responsibility for thousands of detainees being held by the United States in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq. Obama has already pledged to close Guantanamo, and the outgoing Bush Administration has entered into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Iraqi government, which [...]

A military judge Friday rejected a motion by the Pentagon's chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay to delay the military commission hearing of the five detainees being held as 9/11 conspirators , set for Monday. Army Col. Lawrence J. Morris requested the delay in part because of uncertainty over the future of the US military commissions [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Marc Falkoff of Northern Illinois University College of Law says that recent release orders, statements by some military lawyers and judges, and the military's own admission of detention mistakes all confirm that the only way for the Obama administration to restore our legal system's legitimacy in the eyes of the world will [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in six cases. In Forest Grove School District, Petitioner v. T. A. , the Court will consider whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) permits a tuition reimbursement award against a school district and in favor of parents who unilaterally place their child in private school, where [...]