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28 Feb 2005, 2:01 pm
[JURIST] The US State Department [official website] Monday released its 2004 annual reports on human rights practices in 196 countries, delivering with sharp criticisms of rights situations in Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 6:00 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of State [official website] has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] from prosecution related to a September shooting incident [JURIST report] in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday. [read post]
15 Nov 2004, 8:10 am
[JURIST] The US Justice Department is reporting that the number of people sentenced to death in the United States reached a 30-year low in 2003. [read post]
13 Oct 2004, 3:43 am
The Department of Justice has filed suit against Pennsylvania election officials, seeking to allow voters overseas an additional two weeks to cast ballots. [read post]
31 Dec 2004, 10:27 am
[JURIST] The Justice Department late Thursday posted on its website a revised and expanded interpretation of criminal "torture" under the US Code (18 USC ss. 2340-2340A) a week before White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, who oversaw the development of a narrower interpretation articulated in a controversial August 2002 memo [PDF], is due to appear before the US Senate Judiciary Committee as [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 1:29 pm
Friday 4 April 2008 A new Department of Health and Families and a Children's Commissioner have been established to support Territory families. [read post]
5 Apr 2005, 1:32 am
[JURIST] Ahead of key Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] hearings [meeting notice; JURIST report] Tuesday on whether Congress should extend the USA PATRIOT Act [PDF text], the Justice Department has released new data suggesting that some of the extraordinary powers accorded it under the Act have been used sparingly. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 7:33 am
[JURIST] US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice released the annual State Department Report on International Religious Freedom [text] Friday, criticizing what it considered to be sharp decreases in religious freedom and an increase in religious strife in several nations, including Iraq. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 4:05 am
Christian Post reports that the Charleston, Illinois parks and recreation department has cancelled a planned town trip to southern Ohio and northern Kentucky that included visits to the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. [read post]
24 Jun 2004, 3:02 pm
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would send federal agents to 15 cities in an attempt to lower violent crimes. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 10:50 am
The letter requests a review of whether the Federal Vacancies and Reform Act was violated in the recently updated process of succession at the Department of Homeland Security. [read post]
12 Nov 2004, 11:36 am
[JURIST] The Justice Department Friday formally filed notice that it will appeal the ruling that stopped the military commission trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 5:05 am
[JURIST] US State Department [official website] spokesperson Robert Wood said Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton [official profile] has told Congress that she intends to begin preliminary negotiations with Russia [press briefing] on a new treaty that would significantly lower nuclear stockpiles in both countries. [read post]
23 Sep 2003, 10:23 am
In an somewhat unusual move, the US State Department's USINFO service, which generally publishes speeches and columns supporting official American policy, is publicizing an op-ed by independent Vermont Congressman Bernie Saunders carried in today's USA Today entitled Patriot Act Overreaches. [read post]
2 May 2019, 7:58 am
Department of Defense has released the 2018 edition of its annual report on civilian casualties in connection with U.S. military operations. [read post]
17 Mar 2004, 12:24 am
Wednesday's New York Times reports that the US Justice Department has opened an inquiry to determine if Shell Oil executives violated any federal laws by not promptly disclosing major shortfalls in its proven oil and gas reserves, potentially misleading investors about the value of the company's assets. [read post]
24 Aug 2006, 11:44 am
[JURIST] Government-sponsored mortgage dealer Fannie Mae [Federal National Mortgage Association website] announced Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has discontinued its two-year investigation [press release] into alleged accounting violations, though criminal prosecutions could still be brought against individual employees. [read post]
28 Feb 2007, 3:44 pm
[JURIST] US State Department Legal Advisor John Bellinger [official profile] told reporters in Brussels Wednesday that European investigations into allegations of CIA misconduct in Europe may dampen intelligence sharing efforts between the US and European countries. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 6:17 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a complaint [PDF text; press release] in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [official website], seeking to revoke the US citizenship of an alleged World War II Nazi militiaman. [read post]
4 Apr 2013, 1:21 pm
What do you do if you're a student at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the Department of Education fails to give you a federally subsidided Stafford Loan? [read post]
