A Bangladesh trial judge on Monday adjourned proceedings and admonished defense lawyers for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed after they accused the judge of partiality in open court for refusing to allow cross examination of the main witness against Hasina. The witness is a businessman who accused Hasina and her cousin of extorting [...]
Max Jeganathan : "Civil Liberties Australia unequivocally and unconditionally rejects Mr Keelty's call for media restrictions on coverage relating to all and any operations by the Australian Federal Police Force. Clearly, the arms of law enforcement and the judicial process need to operate freely and impartially without incumberance. However, the cruciality of a free press [...]
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang said Sunday that unchecked human rights violations in Nepal remain a barrier to achieving sustainable peace in the country. Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel leader Prachanda signed a peace agreement in November 2006 formally ending the decade-long Maoist guerilla insurgency against the [...]
Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law , passed by the Iraqi parliment earlier this month, has been publicly endorsed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Presidency Council members [...]
Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea will request release on bail when he appears in front of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Monday for a pre-trial hearing relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity charges , Nuon Chea's lawyers said Sunday. Nuon Chea, known as Brother Number Two in the [...]
Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan was detained Saturday at the Lahore airport after attempting to board a plane for the Sindh province , where he planned to visit the grave of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , who was assassinated at a campaign rally in December. Ahsan was subsequently put under [...]
Patricia Martinez v. County of Monroe, et. al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Division, February 1, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Saturday that he supports a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party to return to their old positions in government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki endorsed the Accountability and Justice Law after the Iraqi parliament passed the bill last month. On Thursday, Vice President [...]
Turkey needs to lift its ban on women wearing headscarves at universities in order to improve the country's chances of accession into the European Union (EU) , Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday. Turkey's Grand National Assembly is considering a bill that would amend the country's constitution to allow for headscarves in universities and [...]
Rachel Alexander : "As Scott J. Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, continues to complain that the Department of Justice's investigation is delaying his investigation of the nine U.S. attorney firings, the question arises, why are two investigations needed? Although there is concern that the Department of Justice is technically investigating itself, [...]
