The Libyan retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor accused of infecting over 400 patients, primarily children, with the HIV virus, resumed Tuesday before presiding judge Mahmoud Haouissa adjourned until June 20, stating that the prosecution and defense both need additional time to prepare evidence and witness lists. Haouissa postponed the retrial once [...]
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US District Judge Frank Damrell of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a lawsuit brought by atheist Michael Newdow against the US government, arguing that the words "In God We Trust" on US currency violate Newdow's rights under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. In his 18-page opinion , [...]
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said on Tuesday that Australia's national government has overturned the recent Civil Unions Bill 2006 enacted by the legislature in the Australian Capital Territory , the federal district that includes the capital city Canberra. The government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his Cabinet announced plans to overrule the [...]
Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman , the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial , told the courtroom Tuesday that this would be the last day the court would hear defense witnesses, fostering speculation that the trial will end soon. Abdel-Rahman cut off defense witnesses despite complaints by American defense lawyer Curtis Doebbler on Monday that the [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to force the US Central Intelligence Agency to turn over two documents relating to the CIA's overseas interrogation practices under the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The ACLU wants the documents – a directive signed by [...]
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and British human and medical rights activist Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, says that the recent hunger strike and now suicides by prisoners held by the US at Guantanamo Bay highlight the need to accord the detainees not just due legal process, but also ethical medical [...]
Karl Rove , President Bush's top political advisor, will not face criminal charges in the three-year investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name , according to a letter Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald sent to Rove's attorney Robert Luskin on Monday. Fitzgerald investigated whether Rove tried to conceal his conversation with a TIME magazine [...]
A European Parliament committee approved a report Monday that supports allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency was "directly responsible for the illegal seizure, removal, abduction and detention of terrorist suspects" in Europe. The report , organized by committee rapporteur Giovanni Claudio Fava , passed by a vote of 25 members in favor of the [...]
The number of illegal Mexican migrants attempting to cross the US-Mexico border in Arizona has dropped significantly due to US National Guard troops working to extend border fences and repair roads in the area, according to reports by US officials Monday. The US Border Patrol said that detentions have fallen 23 percent along the Arizona [...]
JURIST received the Webby People's Voice Award for Law at the 10th Annual Webby Awards ceremony in New York Monday evening. Called the "online Oscars" by TIME magazine and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , the "Webbys" are the leading international awards honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and [...]
