15 December 2011 Last updated at 23:51 GMT Joe Arpaio is said to have helped shape the US debate over illegal immigration A lawman known for his tough stance on immigration has routinely discriminated against Hispanics, according to a federal investigation. A US Department of Justice report found Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had flouted [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 15, 2011
Nearly 1 in 5 US women have been victims of sexual assault, CDC finds
A new survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday marked the beginning of a new annual project to look at how many women say they’ve been abused. One expert called the new report’s estimate on rape and attempted rape “extremely high” – with 1 in 5 women saying they were [...]
December 13, 2011
Uzbekistan torture ignored by the west, say human rights group
Western governments have turned a blind eye to criticism of torture and rights abuses in Uzbekistan to preserve relations with the state pivotal to supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan, according to a human rights watchdog. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic of 28 million people, had failed to keep [...]
December 8, 2011
The US national security smokescreen | Nancy Goldstein
Ben Wizner, the litigation director for the ACLU’s national security project, cheerfully admits that its April 2011 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for 23 of the very same US State Department diplomatic cables we all read this time last year, when WikiLeaks released them to five newspapers including the Guardian, was “cheeky” – a way [...]
December 7, 2011
December 4, 2011
November 29, 2011
US appeals against decision not to extradite fugitive George Wright
The US Justice Department says it has appealed against a Portuguese judge’s decision not to extradite long-time fugitive George Wright back to the United States. Spokeswoman Laura Sweeney says an appeal was filed with the Portuguese Court of Appeals requesting the return of Wright, who is wanted to serve the rest of a murder sentence [...]
November 25, 2011
US telecoms merger under threat
24 November 2011 Last updated at 20:59 GMT The combined mobile phone company would be the biggest in the US US telecoms giant ATT and Deutsche Telekom have cast doubt over the $39bn (£25bn) sale of T-Mobile USA by withdrawing their merger application to the industry regulator. ATT also said it would include a $4bn [...]
November 23, 2011
Justice department sues Utah over immigration law
The US justice department has filed a lawsuit challenging Utah‘s immigration enforcement law, arguing that it usurps federal authority and could potentially lead to the harassment and detention of American citizens and authorised visitors. “The federal government has the ultimate authority to enforce federal immigration laws and the constitution does not permit a patchwork of [...]
November 21, 2011
Oddly, Texas can teach the UK a thing or two on criminal justice | Ian Birrell
Hang ‘em high Texas is not the first place you might look for lessons in criminal justice. The lone star state prides itself on its toughness, with more executions and fewer bleeding hearts than elsewhere in the US. Texas locks up more miscreants than anywhere else in the world. But it is the unlikely centre of [...]
November 15, 2011
6 Somali Pirates on Trial in Paris
France has opened its first Somali piracy trial with six men appearing before a Paris court. The trial comes amid growing international efforts, both on- and off-shore, to crack down on Somali piracy. The six men are accused of taking a French couple hostage on their boat off the coast of Somalia in 2008. Two [...]
November 13, 2011
US baseball star talks of kidnap
13 November 2011 Last updated at 06:17 GMT Wilson Ramos – seen here after he was rescued – was held for two days in a mountainous region The US Major League baseball player, Wilson Ramos, who was kidnapped in Venezuela, has been talking about his ordeal. Ramos, 24, a catcher for the Washington Nationals team, [...]
November 11, 2011
Anger of Penn State boy’s mother
11 November 2011 Last updated at 17:55 GMT Jerry Sandusky is accused of abusing at least eight boys over 15 years The mother of one of the alleged victims in the child abuse scandal at Penn State has demanded justice for her son, in a television interview. She told ABC News that her son had [...]
November 10, 2011
AWOL soldier faces new charges in alleged plot to kill soldiers
WASHINGTON (CNN) — An AWOL soldier who allegedly wanted to attack other soldiers with a bomb and then shoot survivors now faces new federal charges that carry a maximum of life in prison. A superseding indictment against Naser Jason Abdo charges him with one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, one [...]