Spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary Alireza Jamshidi said Tuesday that the appeal of US journalist Roxana Saberi will be heard next week. Saberi was convicted of spying for the US and sentenced to eight years in jail in Evin, an Iranian jail noted for its population of dissidents and political prisoners. Saberi reportedly began a [...]
US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was chosen Monday by Senate Republicans to replace newly-declared Democrat Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) as ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee . Sessions will play a key role in questioning President Barack Obama's nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the US Supreme Court . Obama did not [...]
Judge Gladys Kessler of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Monday the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. Ahmed has been held in Guantanamo for seven years after he was picked up in a al Qaeda safehouse in 2002 in Faisalabad, Pakistan where he had been [...]
The US Department of the Treasury on Monday announced reforms to the US tax code to curb overseas tax havens and end tax incentives for companies to create jobs out of the country. In a joint press conference with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner , President Barack Obama said : For years, we've talked about ending [...]
Judges for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday rejected a motion for acquittal of all charges filed by lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor . The Rule 98 motion for acquittal , which was submitted last month following the close of the prosecution's case, maintained that the prosecution failed to provide [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reconsider its ruling upholding a $550,000 fine against CBS for the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident in which pop singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed during the 2004 Super Bowl telecast. The Court granted certiorari in FCC v. [...]
Japanese activists demonstrated Sunday on Japan's 62nd Constitution Day to voice opposing views about an approaching referendum on the country's pacifist constitution . Efforts to reform the constitution are particularly focused on Article 9 , which has been interpreted to bar Japan from maintaining military forces and from using force in international conflicts except in [...]
A spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry said Sunday that the US has asked Germany to take in up to 10 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The US government reportedly asked Germany and other European nations to accept detainees who cannot go back to their home countries but have been given clearance for [...]
A Spanish National Court judge on Monday ordered investigations to continue into alleged crimes against humanity committed in a 2002 Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip , despite heavy criticism from Spanish politicians and prosecutors. Last month, Spanish prosecutors urged the court to decline the case while an Israeli investigation remained open. The Israeli Office [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In two of the cases, the Court will consider juvenile life sentences. In Graham v. Florida , the Court will consider whether the Eight Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments prohibits the imprisonment of a juvenile for life without the possibility of parole [...]
