As appeals court in Senegal on Monday ordered the release of nine members of AIDS awareness group AIDES Senegal who had been convicted of sodomy and sentenced to eight years in prison in January. Having been officially charged with acts against nature and the creation of an association of criminals, the men appealed , asserting [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases. In Bloate v. United States the Court will consider whether time granted to prepare pretrial motions is excludable under 18 USC § 3161(h)(1) , which lists exceptions to the requirement that a criminal defendant be tried within 70 days of indictment or his first appearance [...]
Baseer Naveed : "The government of Pakistan has surrendered before the Islamic militants and the Taliban by entering into an unconstitutional agreement with the Islamic militants operating in the country. On April 13, 2009, Pakistan's National Assembly and President implemented an Islamic code of practice, known as the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR). The resolution, passed without [...]
Iran's judiciary on Monday ordered fair appellate proceedings for a US journalist convicted this week of espionage and sentenced to eight years in prison. Iran's top judge Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi said the appeal by journalist Roxana Saberi , a dual US-Iran citizen who was originally arrested for illegally purchasing alcohol, should be fair and [...]
Palestinian Hamas authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party , according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW said the tactics had been documented since December. It said that even though Israel withdrew its forces from the Gaza strip in [...]
The UN Durban Review Conference on racism began on Monday with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressing concerns over the decision by the US and several other countries to boycott the summit. The US, along with Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, and New Zealand, decided to boycott to conference due the draft declaration's position [...]
A witness in the trial of former Khmer Rogue leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," testified Monday about his uncle's execution by Kaing and other crimes committed at the prison camp M-13. The witness, Chan Veoun, testified before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) that while he worked at [...]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday issued an order to prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to recognize the legal rights of detained journalists Roxana Saberi and Hossein Derakhshan , according to a report by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). According to the IRNA, the letter called for Mortazavi to make sure the cases against the [...]
French police arrested Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso , the alleged leader of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA , and two others during Saturday raids in which Spanish police also arrested six other suspected members of the group. Officials alleged that the group was planning a terrorist attack in Spain, as part of their efforts for Basque [...]
US President Barack Obama is in violation of international law for declining to prosecute Bush-era CIA agents who allegedly used torture , UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said in an interview published Friday in Austrian newspaper Der Standard . Nowak said the US is bound by the UN Convention Against Torture , which [...]
