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DOJ rejects Georgia voter verification requirements
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 5:18am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has rejected Georgia's system of voter citizenship verification by way of a Social Security and driver's license database. In a letter [text, PDF] released Monday, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King told Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker [official profile] that the proposed changes are discriminatory. Referring to -
Germany court rules Holocaust survivors eligible for pensions
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 4:19am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The Federal Social Court of Western Germany [official website, in German] ruled Tuesday that Jewish-German Holocaust [JURIST news archive] survivors as a class are eligible to collect old-age pension benefits. Specifically, the court found [DW report] that although the work performed by three particular Jewish pension claimants in connection with their concentration camp detentions -
Russia court rejects Khodorkovsky appeals
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 5:13am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The Moscow City Court [official backgrounder] on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos [JURIST news archive] chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his former business partner Platon Lebedev [defense website]. The court dismissed all appeals [RIA Novosti report] from the preliminary hearings concerning the second set of embezzlement, oil -
Jordan urged to restore rule of law by ending arbitrary detentions
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 5:02am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Jordan should restore its rule of law by ending extrajudicial detentions of crime victims, personal enemies, and persons freed by the courts, according to a report [text] released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website]. Per the 1954 Crime Prevention Law [DOS backgrounder], which is currently in effect, government officials have the power to order administrative detentions -
Denmark court rules counterculture group lacks property rights to community
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 4:04am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The Eastern High Court of Denmark [official website, in Danish] ruled Tuesday that the Copenhagen counterculture group Christiana [community website, in Danish] had not acquired permanent property rights [press release, in Danish] to the abandoned Copenhagen navy base and that the Danish government [official website] was within its rights to cancel the group's use of the property. The -
Democratic Party fundraiser convicted for campaign finance violations
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 6:24am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Disgraced Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu [JURIST news archive] was convicted Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on charges of violating the Federal Elections Campaign Act (FECA) [text]. Hsu was accused of making illegal campaign contributions in other peoples' names in violation of the FECA. According to the indictment [text; -
Canada AG proposes changes to fingerprinting practices
Posted: May 17th, 2009, 5:58am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Canadian Attorney General Rob Nicholson [official website] introduced legislation Friday into the Canadian House of Commons [Parliament website] to amend the Identification of Criminals Act [statute text]. If the proposed amendment passes, it would provide for the fingerprinting [press release] of those arrested but not yet charged as well as other changes in response to the evolving -
Eleventh Circuit denies Alabama ex-governor request for en banc review
Posted: May 17th, 2009, 5:03am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website] on Friday denied the petition of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman (D) [official profile; JURIST news archive] and former HealthSouth [corporate website] CEO Richard Scrushy [JURIST news archive] for an en banc rehearing of their convictions on charges of corruption. The petitioners cited as grounds [petition, PDF] -
Iraq PM claims US military raid violated status of forces agreement
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 5:25am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] denounced on Sunday a US military raid in Iraq as violating the bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) [text, PDF; JURIST news archive]. The agreement states that any military offensives by the US are to be performed in accordance with Iraqi laws and prior notice of any military operations is be given to the -
Rights group calls on Hamas to end internal violence against Israel supporters
Posted: April 20th, 2009, 5:11am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Palestinian Hamas [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party [GlobalSecurity backgrounder], according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website]. HRW said the tactics had been documented since December. It said that even -
Minnesota court declares Franken winner of US Senate race
Posted: April 14th, 2009, 4:21am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] A three-judge panel for the Minnesota State Court for the Second District [official website] on Monday declared [order; PDF] Al Franken [campaign website] the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over opponent Norm Coleman [campaign website]. Both candidates had brought claims before the court over absentee ballots in their favor that they said were legally cast but wrongfully -
Obama administration eases Cuba travel restrictions
Posted: April 13th, 2009, 12:36pm MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers [press release] between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. Obama also ordered that US telecommunications companies be allowed to work within Cuba to facilitate communication between families split between the two countries. The plan was put forward as -
Rights group urges Uganda to end torture and illegal arrests
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 9:24am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] has called on Uganda to end what it said was the use of torture and unlawful arrest [text, PDF; press release] by the country's Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (JATT). According to HRW, JATT engaged in 106 documented cases of illegal or prolonged detentions between August 2008 and February 2009, and employed torture methods