The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has charged Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky on suspicion of plotting a violent coup against President Vladimir Putin, Berezovsky's lawyer said Monday. The charge is related to an interview Berezovsky gave to Britain's Guardian newspaper in April in which he said he was planning to forcefully remove [...]
Lawyers for Rabei Osman el Sayed , the alleged mastermind behind the 2004 Madrid train bombings , demanded Monday that Osman be acquitted, accusing prosecutors of trying to convict him "based on nothing, and with an astounding frivolousness." El Sayed was convicted in Italy for belonging to a terrorist group and was extradited to Spain [...]
US President George W. Bush spared former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from prison Monday, commuting his punishment to the $250,000 fine and the two years of supervised release ordered by the court. Bush said that although he respected the jury's verdict, the 30-month sentence was "excessive" and said commuting the jail term was [...]
The trial of suspects allegedly involved in the January murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink began in Turkey on Monday, with several humanitarian groups calling the case a "test" for the Turkish judiciary. Amnesty International called for authorities to "leave no stone unturned" and said that the murder was part "of an increasing pattern of [...]
Lawyers for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky filed a lawsuit Monday against Russian deputy chief prosecutor Viktor Grin and prosecutor Salavat Karimov, alleging that the two officials are ignoring a March court order to transfer Khodorkovsky from a Siberian penal colony in Chita Oblast to a detention facility in Moscow. The transfer order, which was [...]
Grant of Executive Clemency, President George W. Bush, July 2, 2007 . Read the full text of the grant. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) announced Monday that US Army Sgt. Evan Vela has been charged with premeditated murder, obstruction of justice, wrongfully placing weapons with the remains of deceased Iraqis, and making a false official statement in connection with the killing of three unarmed Iraqis in three separate incidents between April and June 2007 in [...]
United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 2, 2007 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday unanimously denied a motion by former US vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to delay his prison sentence pending appeal. The appeals court found that Libby did not demonstrate that his appeal raises a "substantial question." Libby, whose earlier request for [...]
Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu was sentenced to 6 months in prison Monday after being convicted of violating the terms of his parole by granting interviews to foreign media. Vanunu spent 18 years in an Israeli prison after being convicted of treason for leaking details of Israel's secret atomic weapons program to the UK [...]
