A Spanish National Court judge Wednesday acquitted 20 suspected terrorists of the most serious charges related to an alleged plot to bomb the National Court in Madrid but convicted them on lesser charges . The court convicted 18 of the 20 suspects of belonging to a terrorist organization and two of conspiring in the bomb [...]
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which along with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML(N)) will form Pakistan's new coalition government, vowed Tuesday to make Pakistan's judiciary fully independent. Asif Zardari , the new leader of the PPP and widower of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , promised to strengthen the judiciary [...]
Mexico's lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies , on Tuesday passed a bill on Tuesday authorizing a variety of judicial reforms . With a vote of 462-6 , legislators overwhelmingly approved a bill which provides for public and oral trials, guarantees the presumption of innocence and allows for the use of recorded telephone [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a group of former and current Federal Express employees met the requirements for filing an age discrimination lawsuit against the company under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The decision came in Federal Express v. Holowecki , where the plaintiffs filed an "intake questionnaire" with the Equal [...]
The European Commission (EC) issued a record fine of 899 million euros ($1.3 billion) against Microsoft on Wednesday as penalty for failing to comply with a 2004 landmark ruling requiring the software giant to share technical information with competitors. In discussing the decision, European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said: Microsoft was the first company in [...]
The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that three charges have been referred against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul for his alleged ties to al Qaeda. Al Bahlul is accused of serving as "personal and media director" for Osama bin Laden and is charged with conspiracy and solicitation to commit [...]
Zacarias Moussaoui had his rights violated when a federal judge mandated secrecy rules that prevented his lawyers from showing him classified evidence, according to a brief asking for Moussaoui's guilty plea to be overturned. In the brief, filed in January but recently unsealed, lawyers for Moussaoui say that: Moussaoui appeals because his plea was involuntary, [...]
Sabine Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG, European Court of Justice, February 26, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Joint Statement: Time to close the doors of Guantanamo, Canadian Bar Association, February 25, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The human rights of inmates in Nigerian prisons are "systematically violated," Amnesty International said in a Tuesday report based on visits to 10 prisons across Nigeria over the last six months. According to the report: Approximately 65 percent of the inmates are awaiting trial, most of whom have been waiting for their trial for years. [...]
