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10 Sep 2009, 8:04 am
[JURIST] Japan [JURIST news archive] continues to execute mentally ill prisoners [press release] despite a criminal code provision outlawing the practice, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website]. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 11:27 am
Carr called for the release of and the... [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 11:47 am
Pinto noted [press release] that legal fees are too... [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 5:10 am
A federal magistrate has ruled that California-based financier Danny Pang can be released on $1 million bail following his arrest on a complaint alleging he evaded currency reporting laws, The Associated Press said. [read post]
12 Jan 2006, 1:25 am
[JURIST] Electoral results [press release] released by the Independent Electoral Commission [official website] in the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] Wednesday certify the landslide approval [JURIST report] of the new Congolese constitution [draft text, in French; AP summary]. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 2:05 am
[JURIST] Only about one out of every four individuals charged with terrorist activities has been prosecuted because federal agencies do not agree on what constitutes a terrorist, according to a study [text; press release] released Sunday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) [official website] at Syracuse University. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm
[JURIST] The Republic of Azerbaijan must free its imprisoned journalists and repeal its criminal defamation laws [press release], Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in a report [text] released Tuesday. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 11:54 am
Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Tuesday called [press release] on wealthy nations to become more active in solving the refugee crisis after discovering that 10 nations making up less than 2.5 percent of the world's GDP have taken in more than half of all resettled persons. [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 7:39 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Wednesday called for the addition of a clause to the pending US-Iraqi security agreement [released excerpts, text] that would shield detainees from transfer to Iraqi custody [press release] in order to avoid risk of torture. [read post]
23 Jan 2011, 12:01 pm
The Turkel Commission [official website], headed by former Israeli Supreme Court [official website] Justice Yakov Tirkel, along with Shabbtai Rosen, an international law professor and former Israeli diplomat, and retired Major General Amos Horev, released the first part [press release] of its final report,... [read post]
20 Jun 2005, 8:36 am
[JURIST] A new report [PDF] released by the World Health Organization [official website] on Monday urges countries to pass laws protecting the mentally ill, a group categorized by a WHO press release as "among the most vulnerable and the least legally protected". [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 5:04 am
A new report [text, PDF; HRW press release] released by the rights group entitled "Breaking the Grip: [read post]
8 Feb 2009, 11:38 pm
The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] announced [DOD press release; [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 10:04 am
[JURIST] Advocacy group Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] has called on the League of Arab States [official website, in Arabic] to urge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to allow expelled foreign aid agencies [JURIST report] back into the country, according to a letter [text; press release] released by HRW on Monday. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 5:08 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] released a statement Thursday condemning a currently unidentified extremist group for the detention of 43 peacekeepers [press release] from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) [official website] in southern Syria. [read post]
6 Aug 2017, 9:16 am
[JURIST] Increasing violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become more ethnic-based, according to a report released [press release] Friday by a team of UN human rights investigators. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 6:53 am
The statement was delivered by Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Max Gaylard at the opening of the UN International Meeting on the Question of Palestine [UN press release] in Malta [read post]
13 Oct 2006, 12:35 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] labeled anti-war activities as "potential terrorist activity" and monitored students, Quakers and other anti-war groups while collecting information for a domestic terror threats database, according to documents [case materials; press release] released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website]. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 12:37 am
[JURIST] The popular social networking site Facebook [website] announced [press release] Thursday that it would give users more control over the private information they share through their profiles. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 10:30 am
Brookings Institution, Beyond College Rankings: A Value-Added Approach to Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools (press release, report, FAQ): New data and analysis of two - and four - year schools released today by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program provides fresh insight into how well colleges prepare students for high-paying careers.... [read post]
