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 [...]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan tossed out "vexatious and scandalous" evidence introduced by the government in the case of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and rebuked prosecutors Monday, ordering the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to search the high court and the homes of its justices for surveillance devices. The evidence, which contained photographs taken inside [...]
Lawyers for former Israeli President Moshe Katsav Monday defended a controversial plea agreement in which Katsav is to plead guilty to lesser sex charges in exchange for a suspended sentence and the dropping of rape charges , accusing critics who have filed a legal challenge against the deal of shedding the "blood of Katsav" in [...]
On Monday, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told the British Parliament that investigating last week's terror incidents in London and at the Glasgow International Airport are the government's top priority , and confirmed that two additional suspects from the Glasgow area have been arrested . Police reported that the new arrests, under the Prevention of [...]
