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Rights group urges US government to reform Afghanistan detainee policy
November 6, 2009
[JURIST] The US should reform its detention policy [press release] at Bagram Air Base [JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan in order to combat counterinsurgency, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Human Rights First (HRF) [advocacy website]. HRF called on the governments of the US....... [more] 
Karzai declared winner of Afghanistan election after opponent withdraws
November 2, 2009
[JURIST] Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) [official website] on Monday declared President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] the winner of the presidential election [JURIST news archive] after challenger Abdullah Abdullah [BBC profile] withdrew from the runoff electio....... [more]
UN rights investigator warns US drone attacks may violate international law
October 28, 2009
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston [official website] said Tuesday that the use of unmanned warplanes by the US to carry out attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan may be illegal. Alston criticized the US policy in a report to the UN General A....... [more]
Military judges grant continuances in Guantanamo detainee cases
October 22, 2009
[JURIST] Two Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military judges on Wednesday granted continuances for prosecutors in the cases of two Sudanese detainees allegedly involved with al Qaeda. Noor Uthman Mohammed [DOD materials; charge sheet, PDF], who is accused of working as a weapons instructor and....... [more]
Afghanistan runoff set after UN-backed election commission rejects votes
October 20, 2009
[JURIST] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] on Tuesday agreed to a runoff election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah [BBC profile] after the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] announced [press release, PDF] Monday that it had inva....... [more]
Afghanistan official resigns from UN-backed electoral commission
October 13, 2009
[JURIST] One of the two Afghans on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] resigned on Monday, citing "foreign interference." The panel is tasked with investigating the allegations of fraud surrounding the disputed August presidential elections [JURIST news archive]. M....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee repatriated to Kuwait
October 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Friday that Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi has been returned to his home country [press release]. The US government alleged that Al-Mutairi had fought against American troops in Afghanis....... [more]
Canada court limits probe into transfer of Afghan detainees
September 24, 2009
[JURIST] The Canadian Federal Court [official website] has ruled [judgment, PDF] that the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) [official website] lacked the authority to investigate complaints that Canadian forces illegally transferred detainees to Afghan custody with the Canadian government....... [more]
ACLU lawsuit demands information on Bagram detainees
September 22, 2009
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Tuesday seeking information related to the treatment of prisoners at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan. T....... [more]
Afghanistan electoral commission orders recount at 10 percent of polls
September 15, 2009
[JURIST] The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] in Afghanistan said Tuesday that ballots from about 10 percent of polls need to be recounted because of allegations of fraud in last month's presidential election. Canadian head of the ECC Grant Kippen said that ballots....... [more]
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