The Indonesian Supreme Court Thursday rejected the third appeal made by Mukhlas, Imam Samudra and Amrozi Nurhasyim of their convictions for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings . Lawyers for the three said they had been denied an earlier opportunity to present expert testimony in their clients' defense, but the court dismissed the request for a [...]
A military judge has denied a motion to dismiss by Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan , holding that the military commission assigned to his trial has the appropriate jurisdiction to hear the case. Hamdan's lawyers moved for dismissal of the charges in January, arguing that because the charges of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism [...]
The UK parliament approved legislation Wednesday that would allow the use of testimony from anonymous witnesses at criminal trials. The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 was introduced last month by UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw as an emergency measure following the Law Lords ruling in Regina v. Davis , which challenged the recently adopted [...]
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin on Wednesday ruled that a homeowner's insurance policy does not cover a wife's negligence in not preventing her husband, who was covered by the same policy, from sexually abusing a child. With a 4-3 decision in J.G. v. Wangard , the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Waukesha County [...]
Angela Wu : "On June 27, the highest French administrative tribunal rejected a Muslim woman's application for citizenship. Reason: her religious practices and beliefs are not French enough. Faiza Mabchour has been living in France since 2000, she is married to a French citizen, and has three French-born children. What's more, she speaks French fluently, [...]
Christina Hill : "The news that the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines will investigate human rights abuses by Australian mining company OceanaGold, who is developing a gold and copper mine in Didipio is welcome. Didipio, which is located in the northern Philippines, is home to about 2,000 people including many Indigenous Peoples. Since 2002, [...]
The Arab League , African Union (AU) and others have criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's Monday application for an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir . Al-Bashir is facing charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes for atrocities committed in the country's Darfur region , but critics of the indictment [...]
Kurdish legislators staged a walkout of the Iraqi Parliament Tuesday, delaying a vote on a proposed provincial election bill that they say is unconstitutional. Kurdish lawmakers objected to an attached proposal that would establish a provincial council in Kirkuk to include equal numbers of Kurdish, Arabs and Turkmeni representatives. Kurds, who constitute the majority in [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington , seeking to revoke the US citizenship of an alleged World War II Nazi militiaman. Peter Egner, 86, is accused of taking part in the killings of over 17,000 Serbs as a member [...]
Malaysian authorities arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on sodomy allegations made against him by a former aide. According to a statement by a staff member, Anwar was stopped by police and taken to their headquarters while he was on his way [...]
