Hossein Rassam, a chief political analyst working for the British Embassy in Iran , has been charged with "acting against the national security," his lawyer said Saturday. Rassam was one of nine Iranian employees of the British Embassy arrested last month for his role in the riots following the Iranian election. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head [...]
The African Union (AU) will not cooperate with International Criminal Court (ICC) efforts to extradite Sudan President Omar al-Bashir , the AU announced Friday during an AU summit in Libya. AU members said that by issuing a warrant for al-Bashir's arrest, the ICC jeopardized the peace process in Sudan. As signatories to the Rome Treaty, [...]
The Honduras Supreme Court has refused a Friday petition by Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza calling for the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as the country's head of state. Insulza met with Supreme Court President Jorge Alberto Rivera and three justices from the Constitutional Chamber of the court rather than with [...]
A prominent conservative newspaper in Iran urged in an editorial Saturday that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami be tried for crimes against the nation. The piece was written by Kayhnan newspaper's chief editor Hossein Shariatmadari , and places responsibility for the protests following recent elections on the two men [...]
Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election according to statements made Friday by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of Iran's Guardian Council for the Constitution . While Jannati did not state the official charges the staff [...]
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named include ex-president Charles Taylor , now on trial at The Hague, and Prince Y. Johnson , a senator elected in 2005. The commission made the recommendation in a [...]
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Republican Governor Charlie Christ could not delay a decision on filling a vacancy in Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal in order to consider more diverse candidates. In November, Crist was provided a list candidates by the Judicial Nominating Commission of Fifth District Court of Appeal (JNC) [...]
Both Hamas and Israeli forces committed war crimes during fighting in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, according to Amnesty International (AI). A report issued by Amnesty Thursday alleges that Israeli attacks killed 1,400 Palestinians, including 300 children. The report says Israel is bound by the international human rights treaties it has ratified, including [...]
Italy’s Senate voted 157-124 Thursday to pass a controversial law making illegal immigration a crime , punishable by a fine of between 5,000 and 10,000 euros. The law also increases from two months to six the amount of time law enforcement officials may detain suspected illegal immigrants before deporting them. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has [...]
Pleus v. Crist, Florida Supreme Court, July 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.
