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		Supreme Court Ruling in Abortion Ban Case Disastrous for Women's Health and Safety Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority In upholding the Bush Administration's abortion ban in Gonzales v.
		Supreme Court Hears Critical Cases to Stop Anti-Abortion Violence - Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President Supreme Court Hears Critical Cases to Stop Anti-Abortion Violence Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President Washington, DC - After the United States Supreme Court heard arguments today in two related class action cases involving anti-abortion clinic.
		Reaction to U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on Prop 209 Washington DC -- "The 9th Circuit's decision not to reconsider the April ruling by one of it panels which upheld Proposition 209 is a tragic reversal of America's promise of equal job and educational opportunitites for women and for racial minorities.
	www.feminist.org /news/press.asp (8172 words)

	Afghan Supreme Court information - Search.com
		The Afghan Supreme Court (Stera Mahkama) is the court of last resort in Afghanistan.
		The nine justices on the tribunal are appointed for 10-year terms by the president, with the approval of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the nation's legislature.
		The Court is presently dominated by conservative religious figures and its Chief Justice, Faisal Ahmad Shinwari, in particular has been described as "ultra conservative." Several of its recent rulings have disappointed reform-minded Afghanis and people in the Western world.
	www.search.com /reference/Afghan_Supreme_Court (451 words)

	Afghan Supreme Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Afghan Supreme Court (Stera Mahkama) is the court of last resort in Afghanistan.
		The nine justices on the tribunal are appointed for 10-year terms by the president, with the approval of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the nation's legislature.
		The Court is presently dominated by conservative religious figures and its Chief Justice, Fazal Hadi Shinwari, in particular has been described as "ultra conservative." Several of its recent rulings have disappointed reform-minded Afghanis and people in the Western world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stera_Mahkama (402 words)

	Encyclopedia: Afghan Supreme Court (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Afghan Supreme Court (Stera Mahkama) is the The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed.
		The Court is presently dominated by conservative religious figures and its Chief Justice, Fazal Hadi Shinwari, in particular has been described as "ultra conservative." Several of its recent rulings have disappointed reform-minded Afghanis and people in the For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West.
		the court, during the Politics of Afghanistan Politics of Afghanistan Political parties in Afghanistan Elections in Afghanistan President 2004 An election to the office of President of Afghanistan was held on October 9, 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Afghan-Supreme-Court (1422 words)

	Supreme Court Rejects Afghan War Detainees' Case (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Justice Department, criticized by civil liberties groups for positions taken during the war on terrorism, urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal.
		Stephen Yagman, an attorney for the coalition, appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the group has standing to bring the case because the detainees lack access to the courts and the group will represent their interests.
		In a separate case, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled in March the detainees cannot use U.S. courts to contest the lawfulness and conditions of their confinement.
	home.earthlink.net /~platter/articles/030519-sc-rejects.html (483 words)

	Ismail Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, after the airing in January 2004 on television of women singing, Khan sided with the Afghan Supreme Court opinion that such broadcasts should be banned.
		During the Afghan Transitional Administration, Khan was military commander of western Afghanistan, until August 13, 2003 when President Hamid Karzai decreed that officials could no longer hold both military and civil posts.
		In September 2004 he was also removed from the post of governor for Herat province; although Khan was offered the post of minister of mines and industry in the central government, he declined.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ismail_Khan (421 words)

	Afghan Supreme Court -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Afghan Supreme Court (Stera Mahkama) is the (Click link for more info and facts about court of last resort) court of last resort in (A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south) Afghanistan.
		The Court is presently dominated by conservative religious figures and its Chief Justice, Fazal Hadi Shinwari, in particular has been described as "ultra conservative." Several of its recent rulings have disappointed reform-minded Afghanis and people in the (Click link for more info and facts about Western world) Western world.
		Some Afghan watchers believe that President (Click link for more info and facts about Hamid Karzai) Hamid Karzai will make reforming the nation's Supreme Court a goal in his first term as democratically elected president.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/af/afghan_supreme_court.htm (551 words)

	TruthNews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It also is recommending the retirement of the current Afghan Supreme Court chief, Mawlavi Fazl Hadi Shinwari, on grounds that he does not meet the legal requirements on age and education.
		But they appear to be wielding significant power over the process of drafting a new Afghan Constitution through their representatives in the government, in the constitutional committees, and within the Supreme Court.
		The International Crisis Group is accusing Shinwari of stacking the Supreme Court with political allies since his December 2001 appointment by expanding the number of Supreme Court judges from nine to 137.
	truthnews.com /world/2003010114.htm (1290 words)

	Afgha.com - Death fatwa threatens free speech in Afghanistan
		Fatwa means strength, that is why it is the strongest decision.” The decision - signed by all members of the fatwa department with the approval of the head of supreme court, Chief Justice Fazil Hadi Shinwari, a noted conservative - was issued on 17 July with little fanfare.
		After the supreme court began to work on the case, Karzai said it should first go through the lower courts.
		Ahmad Asim, the head of Kabul city court, says that they make their decisions according to the law of the land but the Sharia will be taken into account.
	www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=36167 (1098 words)

	The New York Review of Books: What the Court Really Said
		That court dismissed the petition, holding that the President and his top officials are not required to defend in court their designation of a captured person as an enemy combatant.
		Rehnquist cited century-old Supreme Court precedents which held that the proper defendant in a habeas corpus proceeding is "the jailor" or "some person who has the immediate custody of the party detained," and that the proceeding must be brought where the jailor is to be found.
		The Court could have done that by concluding that when detentions are ordered by the President or another federal official, the President or that official is a proper defendant in a habeas corpus proceeding and the District of Columbia the proper venue.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/17293 (5130 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Afghan Supreme Court condemns woman competing as Miss Afghanistan at beauty ...
		KABUL, Afghanistan –; The Afghan Supreme Court on Wednesday condemned a woman who is competing as Miss Afghanistan at a beauty pageant, saying such a display of the female body goes against Islamic law and Afghan culture.
		Vida Samadzai, 23, is competing in the Miss Earth competition in Manila, Philippines, and last she wore a red bikini during a public appearance by contestants ahead of the Nov. 9 judging.
		The court said it had made the statement – the first public condemnation of Samadzai by Afghan officials – after repeated media inquiries about her appearance.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031029-0949-missafghanistan.html (274 words)

	Afghan supreme court judge arrested over bombing of US firm -- Middle East Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Afghan intelligence officials have arrested a supreme court judge for links to the deadly car bombing of a US security contractor that killed at least nine people last year, a court official said on Saturday.
		Naqibullah was serving as the head of the Primary Court of Panjshir province, north of Kabul, Mujda added.
		Afghan intelligence officials confirmed that they had pulled in two suspects linked to the Dyncorp blast but released no further details.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20050110-073443-1173r (304 words)

	Pakistan News PakTribune.Com
		The release of the Afghan prisoners and pledge to free more comes amid reports that U.S.-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government is in peace talks with mid-level Taliban commanders to persuade them and their foot-soldiers to give up their fight and return to normal life.
		Remnants of the Taliban militia are still fighting U.S. and Afghan government troops, mainly in the south and southeast of the country near the rugged mountainous border with Pakistan.
		The court spokesman said that the about 80 prisoners would be brought from Bagram Air Base, the main U-S base in Afghanistan, to Kabul and then allowed to return to their homes.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=90800 (794 words)

	Peacewomen Home Page
		The decision for her removal was made by top authorities of the Supreme Court," one of the sources said.
		Deputy Chief Justice and vice president of the Supreme Court, Fazl Ahmad Manawi, said he was unaware of her dismissal but urged Afghan women to observe the dress code at home and abroad.
		Some Afghan Muslim women have stopped wearing the coverall burqa required by the fundamentalist Taliban who were overthrown with the help of U.S. air power late last year.
	www.peacewomen.org /news/november/Afghanfired.html (261 words)

	IOL: Afghan Supreme Court bans beauty pageants
		"The Supreme Court in its Wednesday session announced that appearing naked in beauty contests is totally un-Islamic, is against Afghan tradition, human honour and dignity," state news agency Bhakter reported.
		She is the first Afghan woman in 30 years to participate in the Miss World contest.
		Afghan women affairs minister, Habiba Sarabi, condemned Samadzai saying her semi-naked appearance "is not women's freedom but in my opinion is to entertain men", she said.
	www.iol.co.za /general/news/newsprint.php?art_id=qw1067503501825B212 (410 words)

	Brett Marston: AFGHAN SUPREME COURT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But the Supreme Court is compensated, so to speak, for its relative institutional weakness, by being made very powerful in matters of lower court administration.
		Whenever a judge is accused of having committed a crime, the Supreme Court shall investigate the case involving the judge in accordance with law.
		After hearing his defense, if the Supreme Court regards the accusation to be valid, it shall propose the dismissal of the judges to the President.
	marston.blogspot.com /2004/01/afghan-supreme-court.html (476 words)

	Religioscope > Archives > Afghanistan and Islamic values: ban on cable TV seen as symptom of power struggle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Others see the edict by the Afghan Supreme Court's chief justice as a symptom of a power struggle between conservative Islamic fundamentalists and pro-Western moderates in the Transitional Authority.
		The chief justice of the Afghan Supreme Court, Mawlavi Fazl Hadi Shinwari, banned five fledgling cable television networks in Kabul this week on grounds that some of the foreign programming being shown was un-Islamic.
		Most Afghan political analysts expect both Rabbani and Sayyaf to run for president when elections are conducted in 2004.
	www.religioscope.info /article_57.shtml (1190 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		The importance of the Supreme Court is boosted by the abysmal state of Afghanistan's formal judicial system.
		The makeup of the Supreme Court sworn in on August 5 is based less than its predecessor on strong ties to past Islamist governments and to prominent Afghans.
		Critics accused the previous court of allying itself with conservative elements in the National Assembly in an effort to systematically challenge Afghanistan's generally reform-mined executive branch.
	www.rferl.org /reports/afghan-report/2006/08/22-230806.asp (3236 words)

	WJLA - Court: 60 Afghans to Be Freed From Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: )
		WJLA - Court: 60 Afghans to Be Freed From Cuba
		About 60 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay have been brought back to their country and will be freed on Sunday, the Afghan Supreme Court said.
		A court spokesman said the group has been brought to Bagram Air Base, the main U.S. installation in Afghanistan.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0105/200714.html (226 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: About 60 Afghans freed from Guantanamo Bay, Afghan court says
		KABUL, Afghanistan —; About 60 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay have been brought back to their country and will be freed today, the Afghan Supreme Court said.
		American and allied Afghan forces have captured thousands of suspected Taliban and al-Qaida members since the start of their successful campaign in late 2001 to oust the repressive Islamic government.
		Afghans were released from Guantanamo on several occasions last year — most recently a group of about 10 men brought to Kabul in September at the request of the Afghan government.
	www.buzztracker.org /2005/01/16/cache/439113.html (259 words)

	Cuba - daily news and current events
		KABUL, Afghanistan - About 60 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay have been brought back to their country and will be freed on Sunday, the Afghan Supreme Court said.
		KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- About 60 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay have been brought back to their country and will be freed on Sunday, the Afghan Supreme Court said.
		Court: 60 Afghans to be freed from Cuba
	archive.wn.com /2005/01/16/1400/cuba (457 words)

	Online NewsHour: War and Liberties -- April 20, 2004
		The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on behalf of Afghan war detainees held in a military camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who want the right to challenge their detentions in the U.S. court system.
		Two lower federal courts have said "no." Today was the first time the Supreme Court has heard a challenge to the powers asserted by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11.
		And the Supreme Court in that case had held that enemy aliens have no access to federal courts and really have no constitutional rights to enforce if they are in federal court.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/jan-june04/gb_4-20.html (1771 words)

	Bush administration claims police-state powers in Guantánamo arguments before US Supreme Court
		By claiming that the US courts do not have jurisdiction over the prisoners’ habeas corpus petitions, the Bush administration is seeking to deny them any procedure for disputing their imprisonment.
		According to a lower court’s ruling in a companion case, “[A]t oral argument, the government advised us that its position would be the same even if the claims were that it was engaging in acts of torture or that it was summarily executing the detainees.
		Regardless of the Supreme Court’s final vote on the case—a decision is expected by the end of June—the US political and military elite will not willingly submit to any legal restraints on its conduct.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/apr2004/guan-a28.shtml (1838 words)

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