The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday confirmed the indictment of a former police officer for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Bozidar Kuvelja was ordered into custody in January and has been charged with genocide. According to the indictment, Kuvelja was involved in a search in July 1995 to find Bosnian [...]
A French court on Monday awarded a Bosnian family 200,000 euros (USD $280,000) for wartime abuses committed by former Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and Biljana Plavsic . In an unprecedented civil decision, the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris ordered Karadzic and Plavsic to compensate Adil and Zuhra Kovac and their children for the [...]
A military court in Syria on Sunday sentenced a human rights activist accused of harming the country’s relations with Iran to 18 months in prison. Ali Abdullah’s sentence was based on allegations that he made critical comments against Iran , thereby harming Syria’s relations with a foreign country. Abdullah, an outspoken member of the “Damascus [...]
Two former Blackwater contractors were convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for their role in the May 2009 shooting deaths of two Afghan nationals and the wounding of a third. Prosecutors alleged that the two men, Justin Cannon and Christopher Drotleff, left their military base [...]
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said that the UK gave “tacit approval” for torture of terror suspects, making the statements in a BBC documentary to be aired Monday. Musharraf’s claims raise questions over UK’s public stance discouraging other countries from torturing UK citizens on its behalf. Musharraf, who was president of Pakistan from 1999-2008 and [...]
A group of 22 Bahraini lawmakers on Sunday called on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to declare a state of emergency in response to the latest protests against the monarchy. The lawmakers, members of the pro-government Independent Bloc, called on Khalifa to invoke martial law under articles 36 and 123 of the Bahraini Constitution [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Nigerian Bar Association called Sunday for Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) to pass legislation creating a special electoral offenses commission . The commission would be tasked with investigating and prosecuting election-related abuses, including violence. Presidential elections are scheduled in Nigeria for April 9, while voting for National Assembly members will [...]
The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday agreed to hear a case seeking to determine whether Virignia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli can subpoena records about a former professor at the University of Virginia . Cuccinelli is requesting that the University turn over records about global warming researcher Dr. Michael Mann , now a professor at [...]
A court in Cuba on Saturday sentenced US contractor Alan Gross to 15 years in prison for attempting to undermine the communist government of Cuba, according to a state-run website. US National Security spokesman Tommy Vietor immediately denounced the ruling , calling the 15-year sentence an “injustice.” Gross was arrested at the Havana Airport in [...]
The League of Arab States on Saturday adopted a resolution calling for the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The Arab League declared that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been using aircraft to combat civilian protesting, and it is the UN’s responsibility to stabilize the situation. In addition to requesting [...]
