The United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a "dispute settlement panel" in its case against China for alleged lax enforcement of copyright and trademark violations , the Office of the US Trade Representative announced Monday. The request came after the US and China failed to resolve their differences through bilateral [...]
Thai Supreme Court Judge Tonglor Choam-ngam issued arrest warrants Tuesday for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn, saying that the court had reason to believe that couple are "evading prosecution" by remaining in exile. Thaksin and Pojamarn are accused of abuse of power for personal gain , conflict of interest violations, [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the execution of "Chemical Ali" for the Anfal genocide against the Iraqi Kurds should be postponed so that his role in subsequent cases exploring other atrocities can be fully explored… Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known in the West as "Chemical Ali", was [...]
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Monday ordered five reporters to testify about government sources who provided them information about former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. Seteven J. Hatfill , who was identified as a "person of interest" in the investigations of the 2001 anthrax attacks . Walton rejected arguments from the reporters that [...]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove announced Monday that he will resign his position effective at the end of August . Rove said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he first indicated last year that he planned to depart from the administration and that he plans to write a book [...]
Tens of thousands of people marched in Thailand Monday in support of an upcoming general referendum on whether to approve the interim government's proposed draft constitution . The march, organized by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont , is an effort to promote popular support for the draft proposal before the August 19 referendum. Surayud, who [...]
Jurors in the terror trial of Jose Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi heard closing arguments Monday from federal prosecutors and defense lawyers. Federal prosecutors urged the jury to convict the three on charges of conspiracy to murder US nationals, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support [...]
Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Timothy reported Monday to Butner Federal Correctional Complex pursuant to a June federal court order . In 2005, John Rigas, now 82, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Timothy Rigas was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In May, the US Court of Appeals for [...]
German Federal Commissioner Marianne Birthler said Monday that a written order instructing border guards in the former German Democratic Republic to shoot defectors is being scrutinized by prosecutors to determine whether the document, dated October 1, 1973, could lead to the prosecution of former East German officials. The order, issued by the East German Ministry [...]
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) announced the further postponement of court proceedings in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Monday, granting a request by Taylor's new defense team for additional time to prepare their case. Taylor's trial, which had been scheduled to resume on August 20, was first postponed in early [...]
