The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Friday that the genocide trial for Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic will resume on July 9 after being suspended earlier this month due to evidence disclosure issues. The suspension came after defense lawyers filed a motion claiming that prosecutors had deliberately misrepresented the status [...]
The Libyan Observatory for Human Rights (LOHR) on Friday condemned the killing of Judge Jumah Hasan al-Jazwi and blamed the National Transitional Council (NTC) for the killing. Al-Jazwi was shot on his way to a mosque Thursday. LOHR said al-Jazwi was investigating last year’s killing of Gen. Abdel Fattah Younes, who had abandoned former leader [...]
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday sentenced two Bosnian Muslim brothers each to six years in prison for the murder of two Serbian civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War . The brothers, Saban and Elvir Djelibasic, were members of the Bosnian army during the conflict. They pleaded guilty to charges that they [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday dismissed the patent lawsuit between Apple and Motorola . Judge Richard Posner dismissed the case with prejudice, ruling that Apple cannot seek an injunction against Motorola. Apple had sought an injunction against some of Motorola’s phones, alleging that the company [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Gutterman of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University says that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in FCC v. Fox still leaves broadcasters in doubt about what constitutes indecency…
The Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled on Friday that a state law passed in 2009 that gives the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) authority to administer lethal injection drugs of its choice during executions unconstitutionally violates the separation of powers in the Arkansas constitution . In the ruling, the court declared that the Methods of [...]
Amnesty International (AI) said Friday that a recent Taliban hotel attack that killed 15 civilians should serve as a reminder that the Afghan government should work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring justice to those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The attack occurred on Thursday night at the Spozhmay Hotel [...]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday upheld a money judgment against Pharmacia Corporation for inflating drug prices to Wisconsin Medicaid in violation of Wisconsin Statutes 100.18, the Wisconsin’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) and 49.49(4m)(a)2, the Medicaid Fraud Statute . In 2009, a jury awarded the state $2 million for the DTPA violation and $7 [...]
Kosovo’s parliament approved a penal code with new laws on Friday that require journalists to reveal their sources and make defamation a crime. In response to the new laws, Kosovo’s deputy prime minister, Hajredin Kuci, resigned from office because he feels they undermine media freedom. Kosovo’s parliament originally approved the new law in April, but [...]
Paraguay’s Congress on Friday removed president Fernando Lugo from office after it found him guilty of mishandling armed clashes that took place last week during which 17 police and farmers were killed. The lower house of Congress voted 76-1 on Thursday to impeach Lugo, while the Senate made the decision to remove him from office [...]
