Over 100,000 people in 130 cities across France protested Saturday against the security policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy . The protesters called the expulsion of illegal Roma and a recent bid to ban the burqa , xenophobic and said they make minority groups scapegoats for France’s crime problems. The League of Human Rights released a [...]
Canada has allocated $105 million to build new prison cells at four existing prisons in anticipation of a drastic increase in prisoners over the next several years. The Canadian government’s plan envisages the creation of 2,700 new spaces at the prisons within three years, in response to an expected 25 percent increase in the number [...]
The US Court of Military Commission Review will hear en banc an appeal by former Osama Bin Laden driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan according to media reports. The decision was revealed late Friday in a one-page order given to attorneys working on Hamdan’s case. Hamdan was convicted in August 2008 of providing material support for terrorism [...]
The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a 2008 judgment against the online auction house eBay for its role in the sale of counterfeit goods but significantly reduced the amount of damages eBay has to pay. The appeals court cut the damages to be paid to French luxury goods giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis [...]
Two individuals detained during the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Toronto in July filed a class action suit on Thursday on behalf of 1,150 individuals detained during the summit. The individuals, Miranda McQuade and Mike Barber, named three defendants in the suit, the Canadian Attorney General, the Toronto Police Services Board and the Regional [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges . The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by falsely promising them job opportunities and then forcing them to work at farms in Washington and Hawaii by threatening [...]
A judge for California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Attorney General Jerry Brown is required to appeal last month’s federal district court decision finding California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Supporters of Proposition 8 , which banned same-sex marriage in California, had hoped the state would appeal [...]
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month’s trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the country’s laws were respected, and procedures guaranteeing a legal, open and fair trial , including the guarantee of defense counsel, were followed. Jose Abeso [...]
Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) warned Friday that the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic may take another four years—two years longer than expected. As the UN Security Council is urging the ICTY to close its doors, Friday’s hearing was called to discuss methods to streamline what has become the [...]
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), a joint venture undertaken by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) , Austria and others, opened its doors on Thursday. Based in Laxenburg, Austria, the school is designed to educate public and private entities on the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and train [...]
