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UN study reveals worldwide use of secret detention centers to counter terrorism
January 27, 2010
[JURIST] Dozens of countries have illegally used secret detention facilities in their counter-terrorism efforts, according to a joint study [text, DOC; press release] issued Tuesday by four independent UN investigating groups. Information for the detailed study was collected through a questionnaire....... [more] 
Taiwan ex-president Chen to be tried in closed-door proceedings Friday
January 12, 2010
[JURIST] A Taiwanese court said Monday that former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will be tried Friday in closed-door proceedings. The High Court said that proceedings, set for 9:30 AM Friday, would be closed to the media [Xinhua report] under secrecy regulatio....... [more]
More ex-Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism: Pentagon
January 7, 2010
[JURIST] An official from the US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] said Wednesday that about one in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] have returned to terrorist activities, according to a new Pentagon report. The report, which remai....... [more]
UN report finds Guinea military junta committed crimes against humanity
December 21, 2009
[JURIST] The Guinean military junta committed crimes against humanity during the September 28 incidents at Conakry [BBC backgrounder], according to a report by a UN fact-finding mission leaked Monday. The commission concluded [Reuters report] that military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara [BBC profi....... [more]
Illinois Democrats welcome draft memo on local prison for Guantanamo detainees
December 14, 2009
[JURIST] Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) [official websites] said Friday that a leaked memo [text] signals that the US government intends to transfer Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees to the Thompson Correctional Center (TCC) [DOC backgrounder] in northwestern....... [more]
UK judge rules Guantanamo detainee can access 'torture' documents
December 9, 2009
[JURIST] A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that British Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Shaker Aamer must have access to secret documents that may contain evidence of torture. Aamer, the only British citizen remaining at the US military prison, petitioned the court [AP report] for ac....... [more]
Iran newspaper editor sentenced for role in post-election protests
December 2, 2009
[JURIST] Iranian economist and journalist Saeed Laylaz was sentenced to a nine-year jail term on Wednesday for possessing classified information and participating in protests following the contested presidential election in June [JURIST news archive]. Laylaz has been a longstanding critic of Iranian....... [more]
Former UK PM Blair was warned Iraq invasion could be illegal: report
November 30, 2009
[JURIST] Former UK attorney general Peter Goldsmith [BBC profile] warned former prime minister Tony Blair [official profile; JURIST news archive] that the planned invasion of Iraq could be illegal, according to a letter leaked to the Iraq Inquiry [official website; BBC backgrounder], confirmed [Dail....... [more]
Leaked documents question legality of UK involvement in Iraq
November 23, 2009
[JURIST] UK government reports [The Sunday Telegraph materials] leaked on Sunday revealed many shortcomings in the country's involvement in the Iraq War, some possibly rising to the level of illegality. The documents show that the UK's plans for invasion of Iraq began secretly in February 2002 [Tele....... [more]
UK court rules evidence may be kept secret in torture suit
November 18, 2009
[JURIST] The British High Court [official website] ruled [judgment text] Wednesday that the government may withhold evidence from seven claimants suing UK intelligence services MI5 and MI6 [official websites] for their roles in alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. The court ruled....... [more]
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