UN special police forces on Monday retook the UN courthouse recently occupied by Serbian protesters demonstrating against Kosovo's declaration of independence last month. The Serbian group took control of the courthouse in the northern city of Mitrovica on Friday, demanding a deal with UN authorities. Thousands of protesters gathered outside the courthouse Monday to continue [...]

Moazzam Begg : "In January this year, a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry, which referred to Guantanamo Bay, listed the United States as a country known to practice torture. Despite this assertion, the only Westerner remaining in the world's most infamous prison at Guantanamo Bay is the Canadian, Omar Khadr. Omar is [...]

Bob Edgar : "The creation of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has sweeping implications for the House of Representatives and its members. Though the process of rooting out corruption among members of the House has changed over the years, this is the first time that private citizens will have the opportunity to investigate [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Philippines v. Pimentel , 06-1204 , where the Court considered whether some 9,000 plaintiffs seeking to recover assets held by former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos can be awarded assets claimed by the government of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines and the Philippine Presidential Commission [...]

Audit of the U.S. Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes, US DOJ Office of the Inspector General, March 17, 2008 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday ordered that former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio should be retried before a new federal judge. Nacchio had appealed his April 2007 insider trading conviction for selling $52 million of Qwest stock in 2001. The court found that US District Judge Edward Nottingham improperly [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision blocking a Minnesota law imposing fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video games. A US district judge had blocked the law that would impose a $25 fine on people under 17 found buying or renting mature or adult-rated video [...]

Entertainment Software Association, et al., v. Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, March 17, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Pakistani lawyers will hold nationwide protests if the reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan , now packed with judges loyal to President Pervez Musharraf, tries to prevent a parliamentary reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other superior court judges Musharraf ousted last year, Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan said Monday. Ahsan [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda asked Peruvian President Alan Garcia during talks in Tokyo Monday to ensure that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is treated fairly during his ongoing trial on murder and kidnapping charges , which stem from the military killings of 25 people in 1991 and 1992. In response, Garcia said he would [...]