The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Smith v. United States , which deals with the burden of proof in conspiracy cases. The case involves two individuals who have been sentenced to life in prison for their connections to a large drug ring which has been tied to several murders. The government alleged [...]
Bangladesh police on Sunday arrested Mir Kashem Ali for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . Earlier that day the International Criminal Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) had issued an arrest warrant against the chairman of Diganta Media Corporation who is also a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party. [...]
Philippines President Beningno Aquino III on Monday signed the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 which criminalizes the financing of terrorism. The new law will penalize an individual who organizes or directs the commission of the crime of financing terrorism with imprisonment of 40 years and a fine of not less than five [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned Eritrea for its failure to address the human rights violations in the country. In her opening statement to the 20th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council , she expressed her concern for the people in Eritrea who are victims of human rights [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 8-1 that the federal government is not immune from a lawsuit by a citizen to prevent a particular use of “Indian Lands” retained in trust by the government. In Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak the government approved the granting of land for a casino to a [...]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday closed its third contempt trial against former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj . Seselj has been accused of contempt of court and divulging data in a book he authored disclosing names, occupations and residences of 11 protected witnesses. The verdict [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday expressed concern about the human rights situation in Syria during her opening address to the Human Rights Council. Pillay said that the deteriorating situation in Syria has impeded UN officials from doing their jobs and has led to civilian deaths. She called on the government [...]
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced on Monday that it will transfer power to the newly elected president by the end of this month, according to Egypt’s official news agency. The polls closed on Sunday and the winner of the presidential runoff will be officially announced on Thursday. The Muslim Brotherhood [...]
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face charges associated with the shooting of a Ukrainian lawmaker, a deputy prosecutor said Monday. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka had indicated last month that she may face charges in the 1996 shooting of lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban and his family. The deputy prosecutor told a newspaper on Monday [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday in Association for Molecular Pathology v. US Patent and Trademark Office, an ongoing case challenging a Utah company’s patent on genes associated with breast and ovarian cancers. Myriad [...]
