A former Australian federal judge has offered scathing criticism on the country's newly approved anti-terror laws , saying the measures could lead to the growth of a police state. Former federal court Judge Marcus Einfeld said the legislation eroded human rights in Australia and questioned how much Australians should give up for increased security. Einfeld's [...]

Leading Tuesday's international brief, a Spanish judge has issued an indictment against 32 Islamic militants for an alleged attempt to set off explosives at Spain's National Court (Audiencia Nacional governing statute), the heart of its judicial anti-terror activities. Most of the 32 men charged – including alleged mastermind Mohamed Achraf – have already been arrested, [...]

Danish prosecutors have charged a spokesman of radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir with threatening the government and for breaking anti-racism laws. Hizb ut-Tahrir preaches in favor of a Muslim state across the Middle East and has been banned in some countries that fear its members include terrorists. The charges against Fadi Abdullatif, a member of [...]

Sixteen Ugandan men who were arrested and charged with treason along with defeated presidential candidate Kizza Besigye , claim that they were tortured by state security agents while in custody and are suing the Ugandan government for allegedly violating their "fundamental and non-derogable rights and freedoms," their lawyer said Tuesday. The men allege that they [...]

JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that the President's stretching of US military resources close to the breaking point in Iraq raises a constitutional issue demanding Congressional intervention … Recently, much attention has been paid in the media to the legality of many of the Bush [...]

Maj. Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay , said Monday that the "imbalanced system" at Guantanamo presents a significant risk that innocent individuals will be convicted while truly guilty suspects are given an avenue to challenge their convictions. Speaking during a [...]

US military investigators are looking into allegations that made by Iraqi police that US troops killed 11 civilians in their home in Ishaqi last week, a military spokesman said Tuesday. US forces said they approached the house to arrest an al Qaeda suspect and that they only opened fire after being fired at first. They [...]

A classic legislative tug-of-war between the UK House of Lords and House of Commons continued Monday as peers once again sent the controversial Identity Cards Bill back to MPs after a majority of 36 voted to keep the cards voluntary through 2011, overriding a Commons-endorsed government plan to require ID registration for all British citizens [...]

United States v. Quattrone, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, March 20, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

French labor and student groups Monday called a day of strikes for March 28 after the French goverment refused to withdraw its recently passed First Employment Contract (CPE) , which allows French employers to hire workers under the age of 26 for a conditional two-year period during which they can be fired without cause. A [...]