The US Department of Defense said Monday that charges have been referred against Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Kamin, who is accused of providing material support to terrorism . If convicted, Kamin faces a maximum life sentence. Kamin is accused of conducting surveillance on US military bases in Afghanistan for al Qaeda and setting explosives [...]
New EU anti-terror laws proposed by the European Commission fail to adequately reconcile human rights concerns and may conflict with the Council of Europe's Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism , Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Rapporteur Dick Marty said Monday in a statement before the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and [...]
Slovakia has signed an enforcement of sentences agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to allow ICTY convicts to be held in Slovakian prisons, the ICTY announced Monday. Under the agreement, ICTY suspects who are held at a detention unit in The Hague during trial may be moved to Slovakian jails [...]
War crimes suspect Vinko Kondic pleaded not guilty Monday in the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide charges allegedly committed during the Bosnian war. A former police deputy for the Prijedor region, Kondic is suspected of overseeing the torture, murder, and forced relocation [...]
Top officials in Kosovo signed the country's new draft constitution Monday. The constitution now goes to the Assembly of Kosovo , which is expected to approve it. Last Thursday, the European Union certified that the seceded Serbian province's constitution is in line with its international obligations, guaranteeing the individual and community rights of all its [...]
Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood Monday announced that it would boycott municipal elections set for April 8, saying that the government has continuously blocked the group's efforts to field candidates in the election. Party Deputy Chairman Dr. Mohamed Habib said that the government has ignored court rulings requiring it to allow Muslim Brotherhood candidates to register [...]
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Monday submitted to parliament a proposed amendment to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code , which makes "insulting the Turkish identity" a crime. The amendment was promised last fall after critical comments from EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. If approved by the Grand National Assembly of [...]
Women face legalized discrimination in nearly every country in the world despite pledges by 185 members to eliminate laws favoring men by 2005, according to a UN-commissioned report released Sunday. Prepared by University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) law professor Fareda Banda for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [...]
Ohio's lethal injection procedures fall short of standards used to euthanize animals, according to Monday testimony from an anesthesiologist before a court hearing on the constitutionality of Ohio's death penalty procedure . Dr. Mark Heath said that the state's method does not comport with the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution or with Ohio's requirement [...]
Pakistani Law and Justice Minister Farooq H. Naik has prepared a constitutional package that could restore judges ousted by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , the Pakistani Nation daily reported Monday. The package, which has reportedly been forwarded to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani , calls for a parliamentary committee to limit the tenure of [...]
