Lawyers for two Guantanamo Bay detainees who were captured as juveniles called for their release Wednesday, the same day as the UN Security Council held an open meeting on children in armed conflict. Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , who was 14 or 15 when he allegedly killed a US soldier with a [...]
Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon on Wednesday decided to initiate an investigation into torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay made by four former prisoners held at the facility. Garzon said he based his decision on statements from Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed, Lahcen Ikassrien, Jamiel Abdul Latiff Al Banna, and Omar Deghayes, who claim they were subject to various [...]
A UK judge sentenced two of the three men acquitted of conspiracy charges relating to the July 7, 2005 London Transit Bombings to seven years in prison Wednesday on lesser charges. Mohammed Shakil and Waheed Ali were sentenced for having allegedly planned to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. Shakil, Ali, and Sadeer Saleem [...]
The five men convicted of plotting to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix have been giving sentences ranging from 33 years to life in prison. Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer was given a life sentence by a federal judge at the US District Court for the District of New Jersey Wednesday, and Serdar Tatar was sentenced to [...]
The New Hampshire Senate voted 13-11 Wednesday to approve a bill that would permit same-sex marriage in the state. The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved the bill last month by a vote of 186-179. The bill was amended on the Senate floor to distinguish between civil and religious marriage . The bill must now [...]
The US Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments for the 2008 term Wednesday. In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder , the Court will consider whether the Voting Rights Act (VRA) permits the appellant municipality to "bail out" from the pre-clearance requirement of Section 5 if it can establish a history [...]
A judge for the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) ordered the release of four generals who had been held on suspicion of their involvement in the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others. The court's pre-trial decision came after prosecutor Daniel Bellemare announced Monday that he [...]
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US has cleared 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees for release and will begin formally requesting that European countries accept them within weeks. During a European tour, Holder told reporters in Germany that no formal requests have been made , but that he has been encouraged by the [...]
A US Army soldier who fled to Canada to avoid serving in the Iraq war pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of desertion. Spc. Cliff Cornell was sentenced to one year in prison at a court-martial proceeding and was also given a bad conduct discharge. Cornell spent four years in Canada, but was denied asylum by [...]
Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday that the DOJ has begun looking into whether a settlement agreement involving Internet search company Google, Inc. over two copyright infringement lawsuits stemming from its book-scanning initiative violates antitrust laws. The two lawsuits were brought against Google by the Authors Guild , an advocacy group [...]
