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Indonesia high court overturns Suharto defamation verdict against TIME
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 2:29pm MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] The Indonesian Supreme Court overturned Thursday a 2007 decision [JURIST report] against TIME magazine [media website] awarding the late former Indonesian president Haji Mohammad Suharto [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] $106 million in damages in Suharto's defamation suit against the publication. Suharto sued TIME over a 1999 article [text] that said Suharto had hidden billions of -
DOJ releases secret CIA interrogation memos
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 1:47pm MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Thursday released four top secret memos [press release] from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) [official website] outlining controversial CIA interrogation techniques and their legal rationale. The previously undisclosed memos [text, PDF; text, PDF; text, PDF; text, PDF] were released with redactions in response to a Freedom of -
New York governor announces same-sex marriage legislation
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 1:14pm MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] New York Governor David Paterson [official profile] announced Thursday the introduction of legislation that would legalize [press release] same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in the state. If passed, the legislation would amend the state's Domestic Relations Law [text] to give same-sex couples the opportunity to enter into civil marriages, which would give them the same rights under -
Spain AG not recommending action against US officials who backed Guantanamo
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 10:28am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] Spanish Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido [official profile, in Spanish] announced Thursday that he will not recommend that the Spanish government seek action against members of the Bush administration behind the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention center. Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] had asked prosecutors to -
UN rights chief urges Fiji president to reinstate judiciary
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 10:18am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo [official profile] to reinstate dismissed judges and lift media restrictions imposed after Iloilo suspended [JURIST report] the country's constitution. Pillay said that the 5-year interim government declared by Iloilo and the reappointment [JURIST -
Pakistan urged to overturn provincial Sharia law ordinance
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 9:44am MSD by Benjamin Hackman
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[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Wednesday urged the Pakistani government to reverse [press release] a recently signed ordinance [JURIST report] that imposes Islamic Sharia law [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat, saying it poses a "grave threat" to human rights by putting the Taliban [JURIST news archive] and its -
Holder stresses rule of law in national security speech
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 9:12am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that America needs to renew its commitment to the rule of law [prepared remarks] in fighting international terrorism and protecting national security. In an address to the West Point Center for the Rule of Law [official website], Holder praised lawyers from the Judge Advocate General Corp defending -
DOJ limits NSA surveillance after finding privacy invasions
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 8:52am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Wednesday that it has limited electronic surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) [official website]. The annoucement [AP report] comes after the NSA was found to have exceeded its legal authority [NYT report] in reviewing private communication between US citizens. The DOJ said that it has taken " -
Washington passes bill expanding rights of same-sex couples
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 8:05am MSD by Steve Czajkowski
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[JURIST] The Washington State House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday voted 62-35 to approve a bill [text, PDF; materials] granting same-sex couples the same rights and benefits of married couples in the state. The law effectively construes statutory gender specific terms such as "husband" and "wife" to be gender neutral, making them applicable to individuals in same-sex domestic -
Israel rejects UN Gaza war crimes investigation
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 7:01am MSD by Steve Czajkowski
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[JURIST] Israel will not comply with a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] investigation into possible war crimes that were committed during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip [BBC backgrounder], according to Wednesday statements by Israeli government officials. The probe was originally approved by the UNHRC in January, which recently appointed [press release; JURIST report] South -
Venezuela to renew extradition request for anti-Castro militant
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 5:37am MSD by Ximena Marinero
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[JURIST] Venezuela will renew calls for the US to extradite anti-Castro Cuban exile and Venezuelan national Luis Posada Carriles [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] following a new indictment [court materials; WSJ report] ordering Posada to stand trial in Texas, Venezuelan lawyer Jose Pertierra said [AP report] Wednesday. Posada, who is wanted by both Venezuela and Cuba for his alleged involvement -
Third US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 4:30am MSD by Ximena Marinero
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[JURIST] US Army Master Sgt. John Hatley [JURIST news archive] was convicted of murder and conspiracy in court-martial proceedings Wednesday for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners [NYT report] in 2007 and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. Hatley was acquitted of obstruction of justice and also of murder for the separate death of a seriously wounded Iraqi detainee during