Pakistani judges are being pressured to apply a controversial blasphemy law , UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul reported on Tuesday. In her initial observations of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, she expressed concern that judges are “coerced” to rule against the accused without sufficient evidence and fair trials. [...]
A French court ruled Tuesday that Google is not liable for damages to French television company TF1 for copyrighted sports and movies that were uploaded on YouTube . TF1 brought the suit against Google claiming 141 million euros in damages arising out of Google allowing or failing to filter copyrighted content on YouTube. The court [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in Marx v. General Revenue Corp. to determine whether a defendant may be awarded attorney’s fees in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) where the plaintiff brought the lawsuit in good faith. The FDCPA allows a court to award attorney’s fees “n a finding by the court [...]
Turkish police on Tuesday arrested six former military officials for their involvement in the 1997 coup which led Turkey’s Islamist-led government to resign. The six officials were among the 10 suspects prosecutors included in their arrest warrants. They have been charged with participating in forcing the resignation of Necmettin Erbakan , an Islamist prime minister. [...]
A judge for the UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission on Monday denied an application for bail by Muslim cleric Abu Qatada . In his decision, Mr. Justice Mitting suggested that the risk of losing Qatada was too great to allow his release, especially given his likely pending deportation . Qatada has been described as “Osama [...]
An Istanbul criminal court on Monday unanimously approved a 144-page indictment against four Israeli military leaders for their involvement in the killing of nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists during the May 2010 flotilla incident . The prosecution is seeking 10 life jail sentences against former Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff General Gabi Ashkenazi, Navy commander [...]
Police in Papua New Guinea on Monday arrested and charged Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Kirriwoma with sedition. Kirriwoma is the second Supreme Court justice that has been arrested for Sedition this month. Last week, police stormed the country’s Supreme Court and arrested Chief Justice Salamo Injia on similar charges. Both judges were part of the [...]
Jacques Mungwarere, a former Rwandan school teacher, pleaded not guilty before the Ontario Superior Court Monday to two charges relating to his involvement in the Rwandan genocide . Mungwarere was charged with one count of genocide by murder and one count of crimes against humanity by murder. He is the second Rwandan genocide suspect to [...]
The Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday voted to remove Chief Justice Renato Corona on charges of violating the constitution through failure to declare his assets in a sworn statement. Renato was impeached on eight charges , but only one issue was brought to a vote. The most high profile of the allegations included a [...]
An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced Palestinian protest leader Bassem al-Tamimi to 13 months imprisonment for encouraging youth to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers. He was charged with urging the youth to throw the rocks during a demonstration he led in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh to protest Israeli settlers taking Palestinian [...]
