Pakistani police announced Wednesday the arrest of three men suspected of helping Faisal Shahzad plan and fund his failed May attempt to detonate a bomb in New York City’s Times Square. Officials said that the young Pakistani citizens, Shahid Hussain, Shoaib Mughal and Humba Akhtar, who were arrested following a long-running investigation, confessed their involvement [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with its alleged role in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program . The plaintiffs, Binyam Mohamed , Abou Elkassim Britel, Ahmed [...]
The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday delivered three judgments striking down gambling restrictions in Germany because the regulations were not designed to protect public interest . The suit was filed by several foreign betting companies attempting to break into the German gambling market. The court held that while monopolies are sometimes justified, Germany’s [...]
The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday voted 161-17 to give final approval to the 18th amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution , eliminating presidential term limits. The parliament joined the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and the Cabinet , which have also voted to ratify the amendment. In addition to removing presidential term limits, the [...]
A Russian judge was killed Tuesday outside his home in the North Caucasus province of Kabardino-Balkaria , according to Russian authorities. District judge Dzhulber Bykov was shot several times by gunmen suspected to be Islamic insurgents and died at the scene. The Russian government has faced a growing insurgency in the Northern Caucasus, including deadly [...]
Murder trials began in the Philippines Wednesday for individuals charged in connection with the November 2009 massacre that left 57 dead. Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court is conducting the trial in a high-security Manila prison in response to fears of witnesses being threatened. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Philippine [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied a motion to stay a preliminary injunction issued in August barring government funding of stem cell research . Chief Judge Royce Lamberth had granted the injunction on the basis that the federal funding violated the Dickey-Wicker amendment, a provision at [...]
UK Home Secretary Theresa May told Parliament Wednesday that the government will review the fairness of current extradition laws that have stirred controversy in the country. Among the extradition laws to be reviewed are the European Arrest Warrant and the 2003 US-UK Extradition Treaty , as well as government’s power to release individuals into foreign [...]
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that at times the government might need a warrant to obtain cell phone data to track a person’s location. The ruling reversed a decision by US Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan of the US District Court for the Western District [...]
Representatives from the Cambodian government and the UN met Tuesday with officials from 30 countries seeking additional money to fund the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . The tribunal, established by the UN and the Cambodian government to prosecute former Khmer Rouge leaders, faces budget shortfalls of USD $7.4 million and $39 [...]
