Second Circuit again dismisses Arar rendition suit
November 3, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrogation, and torture in S....... [more] 
Argentina ex-president charged with hiding evidence in 1994 Jewish center bombing
October 2, 2009
[JURIST] An Argentine federal judge on Thursday indicted former president and current senator Carlos Menem [official profile; BBC profile] for allegedly covering up evidence related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Menem, born in Argentina to Syrian immigrants, is ac....... [more]
Portugal to take 2 Syrian Guantanamo detainees
August 7, 2009
[JURIST] The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Interior [official websites, in Portuguese] announced Friday that the country will accept two Syrian [press release, in Portuguese] Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees in order to aid US efforts to close the facility........ [more]
Iran official confirms arrest of 3 US backpackers for 'illegal entry'
August 4, 2009
[JURIST] An Iranian official confirmed Tuesday the arrest of three US citizens who entered the country on Saturday from Iraq's Kuridish region, according to a state media report [FNA report]. The Americans, who possessed Iraqi and Syrian visas, have been charged with illegal entry near the city of M....... [more]
Federal judge rules Guantanamo detainee no longer 'enemy combatant'
June 23, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge ordered [text, PDF] the release of a Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Monday, ruling that Syrian national Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco could not be considered a member of a terrorist organization when originally taken into custody due to the "passage of time,....... [more]
Syria security court resumption troubling: HRW
March 28, 2009
[JURIST] Humans Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] Friday criticized [text] the resumption of activities by Syria's Supreme State Security Court (SSSC), and calling for its dissolution. HRW called the court's activities a violation of the right to a fair trial in part because it does not follow p....... [more]
Syria court sentences dissidents accused of inciting sectarian strife
October 29, 2008
'[JURIST] A criminal court sitting in Damascus Wednesday sentenced twelve dissidents accused of inciting sectarian strife to two and a half years in prison, according to the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria. The convicted were all leaders....... [more]
Canada officials indirectly contributed to torture by Syria: inquiry report
October 23, 2008
'[JURIST] A Canadian government inquiry has found that officials of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canada Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)"indirectly contributed" to the torture of three citizens while in Syria between 2001 and 2004........ [more]
Lebanon parliament approves new election law
September 30, 2008
'[JURIST] The Lebanese Parliament on Monday approved a new election law as part of a peace deal between pro- and anti-Syrian groups within the country. Many of the provisions included in the law, which guarantees candidates equal airtime and imposes a....... [more]
Second Circuit to reconsider Arar rendition lawsuit
August 14, 2008
'[JURIST] The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday agreed to an en banc rehearing of a case brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar seeking a declaratory judgment against US government officials for deporting him to Syria. The court originally....... [more]
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