document.write('<table bgcolor="000000" width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" summary="border table"><tr><td><table style="color: 0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12px" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td width="99%" bgcolor="FFFFFF" align="left"><font color="000000"><b>JURIST - Paper Chase</b></font></td><td width="1%" bgcolor="FFFFFF" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/protests-held-across-france-against-sarkozys-xenophobic-security-measures.php" target="_blank">France protesters rally against Sarkozy security measures</a><br>[JURIST] Over 100,000 people in 130 cities across France protested Saturday against the security policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French]. The protesters called the expulsion of illegal Roma [JURIST report] and a recent bid to ban the burqa [JURIST report], xenophobic [Le Monde report, in French] and said they make minority groups scapegoats for France\'s crime problems. The League of Human Rights [advocacy website, in French] released a statement [text, in French] about the protests, saying \"Tens...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/canada-to-spend-105-million-on-prison-expansions-in-anticipation-of-prisoner-increase.php" target="_blank">Canada to spend $105 million on prison expansions in anticipation of incarceration boom</a><br>[JURIST] Canada has allocated $105 million to build new prison cells at four existing prisons in anticipation of a drastic increase in prisoners over the next several years. The Canadian government\'s plan [National Post report] envisages the creation of 2,700 new spaces at the prisons within three years, in response to an expected 25 percent increase in the number of people incarcerated. According to a Correctional Service of Canada [official website] spokeswoman, the major catalyst [Ottawa Sun report] for the...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/hamdan-appeal-to-be-reviewed-en-banc-by-us-court-of-military-commission-review.php" target="_blank">Hamdan appeal to be heard by full US military commissions review court</a><br>[JURIST] The US Court of Military Commission Review [official website] will hear en banc an appeal by former Osama Bin Laden [JURIST news archive] driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] according to media reports. The decision was revealed late Friday in a one-page order [Miami Herald report] given to attorneys working on Hamdan\'s case. Hamdan was convicted [JURIST report] in August 2008 of providing material support for terrorism [charge sheet, PDF] and sentenced to 66 months of...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/france-appeals-court-upholds-judgment-against-ebay-but-reduces-damages.php" target="_blank">France appeals court upholds judgment against eBay but reduces damages</a><br>[JURIST] The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a 2008 judgment against the online auction house eBay [corporate website] for its role in the sale of counterfeit goods but significantly reduced the amount of damages eBay has to pay. The appeals court cut the damages [AP report] to be paid to French luxury goods giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) [corporate website] from 38 million euros (USD $49 million) to 5.7 million euros (USD $7.3 million). The original...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/canada-g-20-protesters-file-class-action-suit-against-ag-and-toronto-police.php" target="_blank">Canada G-20 protesters file class action suit against AG and Toronto police</a><br>[JURIST] Two individuals detained during the Group of 20 (G-20) [official website] summit in Toronto in July filed a class action suit [statement of claim, PDF] on Thursday on behalf of 1,150 individuals detained during the summit. The individuals, Miranda McQuade and Mike Barber, named three defendants in the suit, the Canadian Attorney General, the Toronto Police Services Board and the Regional Municaplity of Peel Police Services Board [official websites]. The plaintiffs claim that law enforcement committed numerous intentional torts...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/doj-brings-charges-in-largest-us-human-trafficking-case.php" target="_blank">DOJ brings charges in largest US human trafficking case</a><br>[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges [press release]. The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by falsely promising them job opportunities and then forcing them to work at famrs in Washington and Hawaii by threatening economic harm. According to the indictment, the six people, three of whom work for Global Horizons Manpower, charged the Thai nationals...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/california-appeals-court-refuses-to-order-state-to-appeal-same-sex-marriage-ruling.php" target="_blank">California appeals court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling</a><br>[JURIST] A judge for California\'s 3rd District Court of Appeal [official website] ruled [case summary; San Francisco Chronicle report] Wednesday that neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Attorney General Jerry Brown [official profiles] is required to appeal last month\'s federal district court decision [JURIST report] finding California\'s ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] unconstitutional. Supporters of Proposition 8 [text, JURIST news archive], which banned same-sex marriage in California, had hoped the state would appeal the decision since it is not...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/equatorial-guinea-president-says-coup-plotters-had-fair-trial.php" target="_blank">Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial</a><br>[JURIST] Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month\'s trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the country\'s laws were respected, and procedures guaranteeing a legal, open and fair trial [AFP report], including the guarantee of defense counsel, were followed. Jose Abeso Nsue, Manuel Ndong Anseme, Alipio Ndong Asumu and Jacinto Micha Obiang, all government employees, were executed immediately after being convicted by a military...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/icty-judges-warn-karadzic-trial-likely-to-continue-until-2014.php" target="_blank">ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014</a><br>[JURIST] Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] warned Friday that the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic [case materials; JURIST news archive] may take another four years—two years longer than expected. As the UN Security Council [official website] is urging the ICTY to close its doors, Friday\'s hearing [AP report] was called to discuss methods to streamline what has become the tribunal\'s lengthiest and most complex case. To speed things up, the prosecution urged...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/un-sponsored-anti-corruption-agency-opens-in-austria.php" target="_blank">UN-sponsored anti-corruption agency opens in Austria</a><br>[JURIST] The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), a joint venture undertaken by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) [official websites], Austria and others, opened its doors [press release] on Thursday. Based in Laxenburg, Austria, the school is designed to educate public and private entities on the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) [materials] and train them in its applications. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] remarked [text]:Across the world, intolerance of corruption is growing. The...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/rights-group-urges-bahrain-to-investigate-torture-allegations.php" target="_blank">Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations</a><br>[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] called Wednesday on Bahraini authorities to make a prompt investigation into torture allegations [press release] made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after 15 days of solitary confinement, Abd al-Jalil al-Singace, one of the detained men, was brought for formal questioning and arraignment by Attorney General Ali Fadhul al-Buainain. Al-Singace told al-Buainain he had been handcuffed and blindfolded the entire time, beaten on...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/prosecutors-urge-continued-support-of-international-tribunals.php" target="_blank">Prosecutors urge continued support of international tribunals</a><br>[JURIST] Current and former international prosecutors on Tuesday signed the fourth Chautauqua Declaration [text, PDF] praising recent advances in international law and urging countries to continue supporting the international courts in order to maintain the spirit of the Nuremburg Principles [text]. The prosecutors, who have worked with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the Extraordinary Chambers in the...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/un-delays-release-of-controversial-drc-genocide-report.php" target="_blank">UN delays release of controversial DRC \'genocide report\'</a><br>[JURIST] The UN announced Thursday that it will delay the release of a report [UN News Centre report] that accuses Rwandan forces of committing acts of genocide in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] during the years following the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. According to a statement by the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website], the report will be released on October 1 to allow...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/thailand-court-convicts-yellow-shirts-of-slandering-ex-pm.php" target="_blank">Thailand court convicts \'yellow shirts\' of defaming ex-PM</a><br>[JURIST] A criminal court in Thailand on Thursday convicted two members of the pro-government People\'s Alliance for Democracy Network [party website, in Thai; BBC backgrounder], known as \"yellow shirts,\" of defaming former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Yellow shirt movement founder and Thai media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul and his former television co-host Sarocha Pornudomsak were convicted [AFP report] of defaming Thaksin during their television show by accusing him of insulting the monarchy. The two were sentenced...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/federal-judge-rules-against-drilling-moratorium.php" target="_blank">Federal judge rules against drilling moratorium</a><br>[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] on Wednesday denied [order, PDF] the government\'s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services [corporate website] and several other drilling companies challenging the government\'s latest moratorium on offshore drilling. The moratorium directive was issued on July 12 [JURIST report] by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar [official website] after the district court and US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="FFFFFF"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/" title="rss viewer"><font color="000000">powered by feedroll</font></a></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>');