Former Boeing engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison, following his July 2009 conviction under the 1996 Economic Espionage Act . Chung, a native of China, was convicted by the US District Court for the Central District of California in a non-jury trial of stealing corporate trade secrets related to [...]
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced human rights activist Tan Zuoren to five years in prison on subversion charges. Amnesty International (AI) says that Zuoren sought to release an independent report documenting the lethal consequences of substandard construction in the Sichuan province's 2008 earthquake , which left some 90,000 dead. Although Zuoren was charged with [...]
The European Union (EU) and the US government on Monday issued a joint statement condemning Iranian human rights violations since the disputed June presidential election . According to the statement, the Iranian government must respect international human rights principles, especially during the coming anniversary of the founding of the 1979 Islamic Republic this week. The [...]
Former UK Foreign Ministry secretary Jack Straw testified to the Iraq Inquiry on Monday that he did not ignore legal advice that the 2003 Iraq invasion lacked basis in international law. During Straw's second appearance before the public inquiry, he explained that he noted but did not accept the advice of former chief legal adviser [...]
Sri Lankan military police on Monday arrested defeated opposition presidential candidate and former general Sarath Fonseka . The Sri Lankan Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) announced that Fonseka was arrested "in connection with certain fraudulent acts and other military offences." Fonseka, who orchestrated the successful military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [...]
Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been sentenced to six years in prison for his participation in protesting last year's contested Iranian presidential election , state-run Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported Monday. Aminzadeh was a leading member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and a supporter of Green Movement leader Mir Hossein [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday declined to confirm charges against Darfur rebel chief Bahr Idriss Abu Garda . The ruling came after a preliminary hearing in October to address war crimes charges that arose out of Abu Garda's alleged involvement in the September 2007 attacks against a peacekeeping mission located in North-Darfur. Despite [...]
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that a dispute over banned candidates will be resolved by Friday when campaigning is scheduled to begin for the upcoming elections . He assured Iraqis that the appeals panel will be able to rule on candidates' eligibility within the week. Al-Maliki's endorsement of the court comes after the [...]
Sir Mota Singh QC, Britain’s first Asian judge, said in an interview with BBC's Asian Network Monday that Sikhs should be permitted to wear their ceremonial daggers to school and other public places. Sikhism requires that Sikh males wear the ceremonial dagger, known as a kirpan , at all times, but they are forbidden to [...]
US President Barack Obama said Sunday in an interview with CBS News that he hasn't ruled out a civilian trial in New York City for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed . However, Obama stressed that he was considering the logistical and security issues that have been presented in making the decision. The Obama administration [...]
