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Items by Jay Carmella
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Federal judge rules Guantanamo documents must be made public
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 3:59am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] denied [opinion, PDF] the government's motion on Monday to keep sealed unclassified judicial records connected to the imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. Judge Thomas Hogan ruled that the public has both First Amendment and common law rights to access the unclassified documents. -
Russia Duma passes bill limiting autonomy of Constitutional Court
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 3:34pm MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The Russian State Duma [official website, in Russian] passed a bill on Friday that would end the ability of the country's Constitutional Court [official website] to select its president and double the length of the court president's term. The bill was approved in its third reading by a final vote of 352-57 [St. Petersberg Times report]. Under the legislative amendments [JURIST report], -
New Mongolia president pledges to fight corruption, redistribute mining wealth
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 1:47pm MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] Mongolia Democratic Party [party website, in Mongolian] presidential candidate Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj [Taipei Times profile] on Monday defeated current president Nambar Enkhbayar [official website, in Mongolian] in the country's general election. Educated in the US, Elbegborj ran on a platform of fighting corruption [Xinhua report] and redistributing profits from the country's mining -
Senate judiciary chair Leahy again calls for 'truth commission' to review Bush policies
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 5:18am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official profile; JURIST news archive] reiterated his calls for a non-partisan truth commission to investigate Bush administration officials responsible for authorizing certain interrogation techniques during an interview [transcript, PDF] with CBS Sunday. Leahy said [CBS report] the focus of the -
Norway considering war crimes charges against Israel leaders
Posted: April 22nd, 2009, 9:13am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] A top Norwegian prosecutor said Wednesday that she will look into a compliant filed by Norwegian lawyers accusing Israeli government figures of war crimes during the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip [BBC backgrounder]. The chief prosecutor at Norway's National Authority for Prosecution of Organised and Other Serious Crimes Siri Frigaard [ICTJ profile] will investigate the complaint, -
UN racism conference begins as US and other nations boycott
Posted: April 20th, 2009, 5:07am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The UN Durban Review Conference on racism [official website] began on Monday with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile; JURIST news archive] expressing concerns [press release] over the decision by the US and several other countries to boycott the summit. The US, along with Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, and New Zealand, decided to boycott to -
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 -
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 " -
Zimbabwe parliament forms committee to draft new constitution
Posted: April 13th, 2009, 5:10am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The Zimbabwean House Speaker announced Sunday the formation of a committee to draft a new constitution. The drafting of a new constitution was part of the power sharing agreement [JURIST report] signed last September by President Robert Mugabe [BBC Profile; JURIST news archive] and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) [party website; JURIST news archive] leader and now-Prime Minister -
China court sentences two Tibetans to death for role in Lhasa riots
Posted: April 8th, 2009, 10:01am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced two Tibetans to death on Wednesday for their involvement in the March 2008 Lhasa riots [advocacy backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The two men were found guilty [Xinhua report] of starting fires that led to several deaths. Three other men received delayed death sentences or life imprisonment for their roles in the riots -
Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences former guerrilla leaders
Posted: April 8th, 2009, 9:02am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday sentenced former Revolutionary Union Front (RUF) [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] commanders Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao to jail terms of 52, 40, and 25 years, respectively. The three men were each found guilty [JURIST report] in February of war crimes and crimes against