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Rights group accuses US of insufficient response to Gaza violence
January 3, 2009
[JURIST] Human rights group Amnesty International USA [advocacy website] on Friday accused the US of insufficiently responding to the Gaza crisis [press release] in a letter [text, PDF] sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [official Profile]. The letter claimed that the US response has been ".... [more] 
UN rights chief urges Israel to respect international law amidst Gaza violence
December 28, 2008
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive] Sunday condemned [statement text] what she called Israel's "disproportionate use of force" against Hamas targets in Gaza and urged the Israeli government to "uphold international humanitarian.... [more]
Bush issues 19 pardons, commutes sentence
December 24, 2008
[JURIST] US President W. George Bush on Tuesday issued presidential pardons [DOJ materials] to 19 people convicted of crimes that ranged from drug trafficking to forging US Treasury checks. Among those pardoned was Charles Thompson Winters, who was convicted of exporting military aircraft to.... [more]
Rights group calls Israel West Bank settlement illegal
December 23, 2008
[JURIST] One of the West Bank's largest Israeli settlements is an "unauthorized outpost," according to a report [text, PDF; summary] released Monday by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem [advocacy website]. The report examined Ofra [official website, in Hebrew], a settlement in eastern Jerusalem.... [more]
Israel denies entry to UN Palestinian rights envoy
December 15, 2008
[JURIST] The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website] Sunday denied entry to and deported the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk [academic profile]. Falk was attempting to enter Israel in his official.... [more]
Israel police expel settlers who ignored high court order to quit West Bank house
December 5, 2008
[JURIST] Israeli police Thursday forcibly removed 250 settlers who had barricaded themselves inside the four-story so-called House of Peace (Beit HaShalom) [Hebron Jewish Community backgrounder; advocacy materials] on the West Bank [CIA backgrounder] that the Israeli Supreme Court [official.... [more]
Seventh Circuit upholds $156M verdict against Muslim charities
December 4, 2008
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] Wednesday upheld [opinion, PDF] a $156 million verdict against three US-based Islamic charities accused of aiding Hamas [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] in the murder of David Boim, a 17-year-old American killed in.... [more]
UN Hariri tribunal could start prosecutions March 1
November 29, 2008
[JURIST] The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon [official website] could begin prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri [JURIST news archive] on March 1, 2009 with its prosecutor's scheduled arrival at The Hague, according to a report from Secretary-.... [more]
Israel attorney general considering indictment of PM Olmert
November 27, 2008
[JURIST] Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz [official website, in Hebrew] said Wednesday that he is considering indicting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert [official profile] following police recommendations in connection with his alleged double billing [Haaretz report] of state and charitable.... [more]
Israel top court ruling on targeted killings disregarded by military: report
November 26, 2008
[JURIST] Members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed Palestinian terror suspects in defiance of a 2006 Israeli Supreme Court [official website] ruling [JURIST report; MJIL analysis] on targeted killings, according to Haaretz Wednesday. The 2006 ruling set up guidelines for targeted.... [more]
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