Israeli soldiers regularly beat and abuse Palestinian detainees even after they have been arrested and no longer pose a threat, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) alleged in a report published...
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Israeli rights group says military abusing Palestinian detainees after arrest
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Italy judge says Berlusconi corruption trial to proceed despite bias claim
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Ex-Bosnian Serb police chief transferred to ICTY for war crimes trial
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Alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plotter downplays involvement as verdict looms
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Kansas high court rules juveniles have constitutional right to jury trial
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Kansas juvenile jury trial ruling [Kansas SC]
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White House claims executive privilege in EPA emissions inquiry
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European Union leaders call for tougher border security laws
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ICTR refuses to shift second war crimes trial to Rwanda
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Federal appeals court dismisses Khadr petition to review combatant status
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The Italian judge presiding over the corruption trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his former lawyer David Mills said Friday accord to Reuters that hearings in the case will continue...
Serbian officials transferred former Bosnian Serb police commander Stojan Zupljanin to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Saturday after the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court...
The trial of British national Simon Mann , charged with participating in an alleged coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in 2004, concluded on Friday with his...
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Friday that juvenile defendants in the state have a constitutional right to a jury trial. The Court found that recent changes to the Kansas Juvenile Justice Code [PDF...
In the Matter of L.M., Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, June 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
The Bush administration on Friday invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee now investigating what it claims to be a politically-motivated decision [JURIST...
European Union government leaders meeting in Brussels Friday directed member states to draft tougher border security legislation to curb the growing problem of illegal immigration in Europe. The security overhaul is aimed at setting...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Friday refused to move the trial of suspected war criminal Ildephonse Hategekimana to the Rwandan domestic courts. The request had been made by the...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday dismissed a petition brought by US terrorism detainee Omar Khadr , who sought review of his unlawful enemy combatant...
