The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday reported Sudan to the UN Security Council for lack of cooperation in the pursuit of alleged war criminals Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb . ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I released a decision asking the Security Council to take any steps it deems appropriate to compel Sudan to comply with [...]
A Peruvian judge on Tuesday ordered the release of Lori Berenson , a US citizen held since 1995 for collaboration with a Marxist rebel organization. Judge Jessica Leon Yarango cited good behavior, Berenson's renunciation of violence, and the completion of "re-education, rehabilitation and re-socialization," in deciding to grant parole. Berenson will not be allowed to [...]
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced Tuesday that Italy will take two more detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility . The announcement came during a meeting the US officials from the National Security Council, including National Security Adviser James Jones. Italy's Interior Ministry will review profiles of potential transferees before an agreement is made [...]
The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 88-9 to put a constitutional amendment purporting to exempt state residents from the federal health care law on the November ballot. The vote comes after the Oklahoma Senate voted 30-13 in favor of the ballot initiative earlier this month. The legislation would ask voters whether they wanted [...]
A lawyer for ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday filed an appeal against an arrest warrant issued Tuesday on charges of terrorism. Thaksin is accused of involvement in the the recent political violence in Bangkok, as the figurehead of the pro-democracy protesters known as the red shirts . Thaksin's lawyer was accompanied by [...]
The family of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will file a claim in the Belgrade District Court seeking to have the former military leader declared officially dead, according to Serbian media reports Tuesday. This declaration would allow Mladic's family to collect his state pension and sell his property. Under Serbian law, an individual can be [...]
The Oklahoma Senate voted 33-15 Tuesday to override the veto of bill that would require women seeking an abortion to complete a questionnaire. The vote comes a day after the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 84-13 to override the veto, allowing the proposed legislation to take effect November 1. The Statistical Abortion Report Act would [...]
A collection of African civil society organizations on Monday issued a declaration urging greater cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African nations during the upcoming ICC review conference. The group of 124 organizations called on African governments to enhance their cooperation with the court and to make greater efforts in the execution of [...]
The Obama administration on Monday filed a brief urging the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the state of Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health care reform law . The suit filed by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli challenges the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the health care bill, which [...]
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Pakistani cleric accused by India of plotting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks cannot be jailed due to lack of evidence. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is the head of fundamentalist terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) , which was allegedly behind the attacks. Pakistan put Saeed under virtual house arrest one month [...]
