Darfur rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda appeared before the International Criminal Court at The Hague to face war crimes charges over an attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers.
A coalition of progressive organizations filed complaints in five states seeking disbarment of ex-officials associated with the legal rationales behind the Bush administration’s use of torture.
The Supreme Court ruled that a complaint filed against former Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI director Robert Mueller and other officials failed to demonstrate an intentional pattern of discrimination.
A single US Marine Special Forces group created by Donald Rumsfeld three years ago was behind at least three of Afghanistan’s worst civilian casualty incidents, The Independent reports.
Venezuela’s government sent troops to “temporarily” seize a pasta factory owned by US food giant Cargill, having found it guilty of violating price controls.
Apparent US missile strikes killed four militants in a Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border. Islamabad has repeatedly protested the drone attacks as an affront to Pakistan’s sovereignty.
President Obam announced that he is reinstating the controversial military commission system to try some Guantánamo Bay detainees—with changes to increase defendants’ rights.
Human Rights Watch called on the US government to make “fundamental changes to reduce civilian casualties” in Afghanistan after attacks last week reportedly left more than 140 dead.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the insurance company for defense contractor CACI International has no duty to defend or indemnify CACI against claims of torture.
US officials said that Algerian Guantánamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene, whose habeas corpus case went to the Supreme Court, has been released and sent to France.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the US to hold accountable those accused of committing torture under the Bush administration.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said that the CIA misled Congress about the use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques during the Bush administration.
