By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 11 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The Bush administration argued Friday that when Congress authorized military action against the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists, it also gave the president the power to detain people who never took up arms against the U.S. The Justice Department took that position as it defended the six-year detention of Huzaifa Parhat (pronounced hoo-ZY'-fah PAHR'-haht), a Chinese Muslim known as a Uighur. He was captured in Afghanistan but says he considers China, not the United States, the enemy. Parhat is one of several Uighurs being...
Chinese men seek asylum in US for violating China's family planning rules
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Partners of Chinese women who were forced to have abortions are pressing the Supreme Court to make it easier to get asylum in the United States. The Bush administration is resisting the male partners' efforts to get asylum, even though...
China rights lawyers reported pressed under Party thumb
International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
: China's lawyers face official harassment, meddling, even jail for defending suspects and sensitive causes, a rights group said in a new report, adding to criticism of the nation's rights record before the Olympics. Human Rights Watch says the...
Chinese men's asylum plea cites one-child rule
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
(05-09) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Partners of Chinese women who were forced to have abortions are pressing the Supreme Court to make it easier to get asylum in the United States. The Bush administration is resisting the male partners' efforts to get...
The Water Cooler
The Times
The Times
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } * To mark the release of Torture Team, his new book about the enduring international disgrace that is Guantanamo, Philippe Sands, QC, and friends are hosting an...
China: Restrictions on Lawyers Fuel Unrest
Human Rights
Human Rights
(New York, April 29, 2008) Chinese lawyers who take cases seen by the government as politically sensitive or potentially embarrassing face severe abuses ranging from harassment to disbarment and physical assaults, Human Rights Watch said in a new...
Stanford grads work to free pal held in China
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
(04-30) 20:13 PDT Stanford University -- Jude Shao will spend the day of his Stanford Graduate School of Business reunion in a Shanghai prison. It won't be the first time. He missed the last two as well. Shao's classmates now use the reunions to...
Taft first to open in China
The Business Review
The Business Review
Law firm sending local attorney to run 'representative office' Mark Bowen Ross Wales, of Taft, said clients are demanding services in China. LLP will open an office next month in Beijing, becoming the first Cincinnati law firm to establish a direct...
Avvo.com rates lawyers
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
Launched last summer in nine states and Washington, D.C., Avvo.com debuted in Florida this month and seeks to rate the state's 70,000 lawyers. You're in a bind: sued for divorce, wobbling on the edge of bankruptcy, busted for breaking into a bakery...

