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Obama signs executive order strenghthening intelligence oversight panel
October 30, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama signed an executive order [text] Wednesday giving the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) [official website] the authority to report suspected violations of federal law related to intelligence gathering to the US attorney general. The order amends an executive order....... [more] 
Iraq shoe-throwing journalist released from prison
September 15, 2009
[JURIST] The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush was released from prison Tuesday. Muntader al-Zaidi [BBC profile] was originally sentenced to three years on charges of assaulting a foreign leader but later had his sentence reduced [JURIST reports] to one year....... [more]
Ninth Circuit denies challenge to ban on providing services to terrorist organizations
August 25, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled against [opinion, PDF] a Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) [advocacy website] challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224 [Treasury materials], which prohibits unlicensed US groups and individuals from provi....... [more]
HRW urges Holder to open criminal investigation into Bush-era interrogations
July 21, 2009
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] sent an open letter [text] Monday to US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] to "express [the organization's] strong support for opening a criminal investigation into abusive interrogation practices by the US government since the attack....... [more]
Three Guantanamo detainees repatriated to Saudi Arabia
June 13, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced [press release] Friday that three Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia, their country of origin, where they will undergo judicial review and rehabilitation. Khalid Saad Mohammed,....... [more]
Bush-Gore lawyers file Prop 8 challenge in federal court
May 27, 2009
[JURIST] Former US solicitor general Ted Olson and prominent litigator David Boies [professional profiles] announced [video] Wednesday that they have filed suit [complaint, PDF] challenging California's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive], Proposition 8 [text, PD....... [more]
Federal judge dismisses Iraq war legality lawsuit
May 20, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court of New Jersey [official website] dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit Tuesday brought by the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at the Rutgers School of Law [academic website] alleging that former president George W. Bush [official profile] violated Congress's c....... [more]
US releases Guantanamo detainee Boumediene to France
May 15, 2009
[JURIST] US officials said Friday that Algerian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Lakhdar Boumediene [BBC profile] has been released and sent to France. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush [opinion, PDF; JURIST report], in which the Court he....... [more]
France to take Alegerian Guantanamo detainee
May 7, 2009
[JURIST] The French government on Wednesday confirmed that it will accept Algerian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Lakhdar Boumediene [BBC profile] after his release from the detention center. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush [opinion,....... [more]
US must investigate Bush-era CIA interrogators: UN torture expert
April 19, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] is in violation of international law for declining to prosecute Bush-era CIA agents who allegedly used torture [JURIST news archive], UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak [official profile, DOC] said in an interview [text, in German] pu....... [more]
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