Pre-trial hearings for five men detained at Guantanamo Bay as 9/11 conspirators proceeded on Monday despite the Pentagon's chief prosecutor's earlier request that they be delayed. Army Colonel Stephen Henley , the presiding judge, questioned Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Wallid bin Attash, Mustapha al-Hawsawi and Ramzi bin al-Shibh regarding their requests [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday ruled that the United States violated the court's March 2004 order when the state of Texas executed José Ernesto Medellin Rojas in August last year. The ICJ held in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) that the US had breached its obligations under [...]
Ethics in Washington, et al., v. Richard B. Cheney, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 19, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Mexico v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, January 19, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Monday that the trial of Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek-Eav , better known as "Duch", will begin February 17. Duch faces charges of murder and torture in addition to charges of crimes against humanity and violations of the Geneva Conventions. Duch is best known for [...]
Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) member John Stewart said Saturday that the commission will recommend the creation of a special tribunal to hear cases against those suspected of war crimes during the the country's 1989-2003 civil war. The TRC, which was established by the peace accord that ended the 14-year civil war, was created [...]
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Saturday announced it had transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo Bay . The detainees, four of whom were sent to Iraq, one to Algeria, and one to Afghanistan, were found to be eligible for transfer after what DOD called "a comprehensive series of review processes." About 245 detainees [...]
The Tehran Revolutionary Court announced Saturday that it has convicted four Iranians of being involved in an alleged US-supported plan to overthrow the Iranian government. The court said that the four men had confessed to planning to overthrow the Iranian government in cooperation with the US State Department and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) . Last Tuesday, [...]
Venezuela's National Assembly has prohibited private television stations from presenting live coverage of its debates, according to reports printed Saturday. The restriction came after Globovision broadcast live video of Deputy Hugo Marquez viewing images of women wearing bathing suits or less on a laptop computer during discussion of a constitutional amendment to abolish presidential term [...]
The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Friday overturned the corruption conviction of former president Arnoldo Aleman. Aleman was convicted of money laundering and embezzlement in 2003, after being accused of taking up to $100 million from the Nicaraguan government. He had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but had served only four years, with [...]
