Posts Tagged ‘Law’
Is there a Sindh card?
The News | By Ameer Bhutto | 1 February 2010 But is there a Sindh card? The writer is vice-chairman of Sindh National Front and a former MPA from Ratodero. He has degrees from the University of Buckingham and Cambridge University. This government is being sustained in power by three main factors. Firstly, unbridled corruption which [...]
U.S. Assassination Target, Muslim American, Awlaki on “RAND Islam”
"After 9/11, Aulaqi publicly condemned the attacks." — Washington Post. "The fact that the U.S. has administered the death and homicide of over one million civilians in Iraq, the fact that the U.S. is supporting the deaths and killing of thousands of Palestinians, does not justify the killing of one U.S. civilian in New York City or [...]
Text of the Detailed Judgment on the NRO Case Released
Late on the evening of Tuesday 19 January 2010, the Supreme Court of Pakistan released the detailed judgment of the so-called "NRO Case," in which the constitutionality of the NRO had been challenged. The detailed judgment records the reasons for the the Short Order delivered on 16 December 2010. With this step, only the disposal of the [...]
Dutch Inquiry Declares U.S. Invasion of Iraq Illegal
Download : Davids' Committee Report (Dutch; Extensive English summary from page 517) Summary of conclusions of the Committee of Inquiry on Iraq 49 Conclusions of commission report (English) Internal Memo DJZ/IR/2003/158 (advising Dutch Minister of illegality) Pravda.ru | By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey | 13 January 2010 The Iraq War was Illegal [...]
George W. Obama: Neither Transparency Nor Rule of Law
The Village Voice | By Nat Hentoff | 12 January 2010 George W. Obama After his first year, Obama shows his true face Before President Obama, it was grimly accurate to write, as I often did in the Voice, that George W. Bush came into the presidency with no discernible background in constitutional civil liberties or any acquaintance with [...]
At war, America need not respect international law — U.S. federal court
EU News Network and Official Wire | 10 January 2010 WASHINGTON, DC — A powerful federal court, ruling on broad issues, has brushed aside international law and the laws of war, saying only domestic law restricts the president's power to hold an enemy combatant. Even viewed in isolation, the decision has considerable weight. But the [...]
