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11 Jan 2017, 8:25 am
A bipartisan group of 10 US Senators on Tuesday introduced legislation [text, PDF] aimed at implementing mandatory sanctions [press release] against Russia for its involvement in cyber hacking during the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
14 Jun 2005, 3:22 am
[JURIST] A new report [PDF] released Monday by the US Justice Department Inspector General [official site] says the government's terrorism suspect watch list co-ordinated by the new Terrorism Screening Center [US DOJ press release] is missing some names [AP report], based on incomplete and inaccurate information [The Register report], and mischaracterizes the danger posed [NYT report] by nearly [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 1:15 am
[JURIST] The US Defense Department said Wednesday that 15 detainees have been transferred [press release] from Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], bringing the total number of detainees released from the US detention facility to approximately 485. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 10:07 am
[JURIST] A Finnish government commission established to investigate a 2008 school shooting proposed a ban on semiautomatic handguns [press release, in Finnish] in a report [text, PDF; in Finnish] released Wednesday. [read post]
4 Jun 2010, 8:21 am
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak [official website] indicated that secret prisons [JURIST news archive] remain a widespread problem [press release]... [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 5:08 am
[JURIST] The EU on Tuesday released a report [press release] criticizing Turkey for human rights and governmental issues which they save have not been addressed through new reforms. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 1:17 pm
" In a press release on the matter, US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile]... [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 8:18 am
[JURIST] New poll results [questions and results, PDF; press release] released Sunday by think tank Open Europe indicate that Irish voters do not support a second referendum on the EU reform treaty [JURIST news archive], formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon [official website; text, PDF], and that they would reject the treaty again if the country held another referendum. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 11:00 am
Belgrade's War Crimes Chamber [HRW backgrounder] of the Senior Court said [press release, PDF] that the 1999 killings of 32 Serb and non-Albanian civilians were in addition to 153 cases of people being arrested, detained, tortured and later released. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 6:17 am
[JURIST] The Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) [official website] called on Russia [JURIST news archive] to deal with allegations of torture and abuse in the volatile Chechnya [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] region in a record third public statement [text, PDF; press release] released Monday. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 1:02 am
[JURIST] France's practice of expelling non-citizens accused of links to violent extremism lacks sufficient procedural safeguards and undermines human rights [press release], according to a report [PDF text] released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch [advocacy website]. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 11:20 pm
[JURIST] The Cuban government of Raul Castro [BBC profile] has continued to repress dissidents and violate fundamental civil liberties of Cubans, maintaining the mechanisms put in place by Fidel Castro [BBC profile], according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] report [text, PDF; press release] released on Wednesday. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 10:22 am
Louis County Judge Maura McShane for a new grand jury review of the case against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown has been denied [press release]. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 10:00 pm
Per the USPTO’s press release announcing the report, the report “represents the agency’s firm commitment to keeping pace with this rapidly changing and critical technology. [read post]
14 Sep 2006, 7:34 am
[JURIST] US officials Thursday released two Kuwaiti men [press release] who had been held for four years at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], Cuba, after the military announced their intended transfer [JURIST report] over the weekend. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 5:33 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] concluded in a report [text] released [press release] Thursday that is unclear whether sex offender laws "do more harm or good," noting that they prevent further harm to children but that they also encourage the harassment and ostracism of sex offenders. [read post]
3 Jul 2008, 4:01 am
[JURIST] Strict French anti-terrorism laws violate European and international human rights standards, according to a report [PDF text; HRW press release] released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] Wednesday. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 7:26 am
[JURIST] A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected [opinion, PDF; CREW press release] a Bush administration appeal against a 2007 order [PDF text] requiring that White House visitor logs be released in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [text]. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 6:20 am
[JURIST] US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [official biography, PDF] underwent surgery [press release] Thursday in New York for pancreatic cancer [Mayo Clinic backgrounder]. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 10:30 am
[JURIST] The number of executions that took place in the US in 2009 was down 47 percent from 10 years ago, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) [advocacy website] annual report [text, PDF; press release, PDF] released Friday. [read post]
