Stories by Willam Fisher
William Fisher has managed economic development programs in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia for the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
At the same time, the Justice Department is being strongly criticized for keeping the military commissions in place to try some suspects.
Posted on Nov 16, 2009, Source: IPS News
A federal appeals court has ruled that Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of Abdullah Al-Kidd.
Posted on Sep 8, 2009, Source: IPS News
The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America this week added another lawsuit to the thousands pending against him.
Posted on Sep 2, 2009, Source: IPS News
Calling the case "an outrage," U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle urged the lawyers to "let him out. Send him back to Afghanistan."
Posted on Jul 27, 2009, Source: IPS News
Civil rights groups are calling on President Obama to "address systemic problems" with the government's treatment of Muslim charities.
Posted on Jul 8, 2009, Source: IPS News
Two factors reportedly led to Obama's U-turn: objections from military brass and the president's upcoming speech in Egypt.
Posted on May 14, 2009, Source: IPS News
Spanish law gives its courts jurisdiction beyond borders in cases of torture, based on a doctrine known as universal justice.
Posted on Apr 20, 2009, Source: IPS News
A federal court has ruled that four men who were tortured and released without charge can sue CACI, the U.S. contractor hired to do interrogations.
Posted on Apr 20, 2009, Source: IPS News
The Pentagon is offering $39,407 to $130,211 a year for lawyers to respond to habeas corpus petitions filed by detainees in federal courts.
Posted on Apr 15, 2009, Source: IPS News
As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.
Posted on Mar 25, 2009, Source: IPS News
Many human rights advocates see the shift as a case of old wine in new bottles.
Posted on Mar 18, 2009, Source: IPS News
Witnesses' ranged from calling a commission a "profoundly bad idea" to "critically important."
Posted on Mar 4, 2009, Source: IPS News
The Supreme Court is poised to hear what could be one of the most consequential cases in U.S. history.
Posted on Feb 4, 2009, Source: IPS News
Under the agreement approved by the Iraqi government last week, U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time.
Posted on Dec 18, 2008, Source: IPS News
According to a new study, the Bush administration has spent almost $200 on keeping secrets to every dollar allocated to open them.
Posted on Sep 16, 2008, Source: IPS News
If spending continues at the current rate, the U.S. will have spent 100 billion dollars on military contractors in Iraq by the end of the year.
Posted on Sep 6, 2008, Source: IPS News
Among the defendants in the lawsuit by extraordinary rendition Maher Arar are John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, and Robert Mueller.
Posted on Aug 18, 2008, Source: IPS News
The Iraq news payola scandal reinforces how the United States is exporting hypocrisy -- not democracy.
Posted on Dec 6, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
