The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday issued a one-sentence ruling rejecting an appeal from Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr challenging a US Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) decision to send Khadr's case back to a military tribunal. In June, a military commission judge dropped war crimes charges against Khadr as [...]
Human rights groups, including the The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on Tuesday called for a government investigation into a fire that killed at least 32 prisoners in northern Argentina on Sunday following a riot at the facility. The government claims that the fire, which detainees at the Santiago del Estero facility started, was part [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki , 06-1322, to determine whether an age discrimination lawsuit against FedEx was filed properly. FedEx seeks to overturn a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision holding that an "intake questionnaire" submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [...]
The Labour Party government of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday unveiled its new legislative agenda for the 2007-2008 session of Parliament, pledging to "seek a consensus on changes to the law on terrorism … to protect the public, whilst preserving essential rights and liberties." In the Queen's Speech , read by Queen Elizabeth II [...]
EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini Tuesday introduced a new package of counter terrorism proposals on behalf of the European Commission. Key provisions of the new counter-terrorism package include a proposal to amend the Framework Decision on combating terrorism to criminalize recruitment and training for terrorism, particularly when committed through the Internet. [...]
James Edward Steph, a former oil executive of a subsidiary of Willbros Group Inc. , pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy relating to a scheme to bribe Nigerian officials heading the country's state-owned oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) . According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) , Steph admitted to engaging [...]
Former Venezuelan Defense Minister Raul Baduel spoke out against the constitutional reforms pushed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday, claiming that the proposed reforms would deprive the Venezuelan people of their power over the government and result in a virtual coup by the president. The proposed reforms, which were overwhelmingly approved by the Venezuelan [...]
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang and General Counsel Michael Callahan Tuesday defended Yahoo's behavior in providing information to the Chinese government at a hearing before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs , saying that the company could not ask local employees in China to refuse to comply with lawful government demands even if [...]
Pakistani police Tuesday arrested more lawyers involved in protesting President Pervez Musharraf's Saturday declaration of emergency, suspension of the constitution, and effective dismissal of Pakistan's Supreme Court. AFP reports that some 50 lawyers were arrested at the Lahore High Court a day after a larger protest there escalated into violence . Police took over the [...]
A federal jury sitting in San Diego Monday convicted former US defense contractor Brent Wilkes of 13 felonies, including money laundering, fraud and conspiracy, in connection with bribes he paid to disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham . Wilkes pleaded not guilty to all charges, but the jury found that he paid more than $600,000 [...]
