Bangladesh police have arrested dozens of politicians since Friday in a renewed anti-corruption drive. The drive comes amid an even wider crackdown in which authorities have arrested more than 1,600 political activists and suspected criminals. On Sunday, a judge issued arrest warrants for electricity supply leaders on charges of corruption, extending the drive through the [...]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Sunday cleared former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother to run in the June 26 by-elections. Sharif was barred from running in the February 18 national parliamentary elections because of criminal convictions arising out of circumstances surrounding the 1999 coup against him led by then-General and now-Pakistan [...]
Former attorney general for England and Wales Lord Peter Goldsmith said Sunday in a Telegraph op-ed that extending the time for which terror suspects can be detained by British police without charge from 28 to 42 days would be an abandonment of the Britain's fundamental principles . Prime Minister Gordon Brown has continued his support [...]
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed , an Ethiopian who sought refuge in Britain, has denied the charge. Mohamed was originally arrested in Pakistan and turned over to US officials; he claims that [...]
A senior member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) presented its proposed constitutional amendment package to its principal coalition partner Sunday. The 62-point package, which anticipates restoring the judiciary deposed by President Pervez Musharraf last November and limiting executive powers, was also submitted to the other parties belonging to the governing coalition, but Law Minister [...]
The Prosecutor v. Yussuf Munyakazi, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 28, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey, US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 30, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
A Croatian district court judged convicted a retired Croatian general of war crimes Friday for failing to prevent his soldiers from torturing and killing Serbs and destroying their property during the Croatian War of Independence. Retired Gen. Mirko Norac knew that his soldiers were torturing and killing people and destroying property, but was held to [...]
Rwandan justice officials Friday criticized a decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) denying a motion to transfer an accused genocide leader to the Rwandan court system for trial. An ICTR panel in Tanzania Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to transfer former businessman Yussuf Munyakazi to the Rwandan justice system, citing concerns that punishments [...]
The US and Libya have agreed to find a way to speed compensation for families of Americans who were killed by acts of terrorism authorized by the Libyan government, both countries said in a statement issued by the US State Department Friday. Meeting in London earlier this week, "oth parties affirmed their desire to work [...]
