The military judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Monday dismissed all charges against Khadr, citing a lack of jurisdiction. A Guantanamo Combatant Status Review Tribunal found that Khadr was an "enemy combatant," not an "unlawful enemy combatant" as required under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 . Khadr [...]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday returned a government complaint against lawyers who allegedly made "humiliating" statements against the military and judiciary at a seminar that was attended by suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , saying that it was incomplete, failed to cite any legal provision to prosecute the lawyers, and was not properly [...]
A Bangladeshi court Sunday ordered the continued detention of Abdul Jalil, the secretary general of the Bangladesh political party Awami League , on charges of corruption and misuse of power despite Jalil's lawyers' request that he be released on bail due to poor health. The investigation against Jalil is a part of the Bangladeshi interim [...]
The treason trial of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and ten other opposition members resumed Monday, after a year-long delay following the voluntary withdrawal of two judges. Besigye, who has been charged with plotting to forcefully overthrow the Ugandan government between 2001 and 2004, has maintained his innocence and says that the charges against him [...]
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three argued cases Monday, including Uttecht v. Brown where the Court held that federal courts reviewing claims that a juror was improperly dismissed due to their views on capital punishment "owe deference to the trial court, which is in a superior position to determine the demeanor and [...]
Thousands of survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre filed a class action lawsuit against the United Nations and the Netherlands Monday, alleging that both are liable for their failure to protect civilians, many of whom were refugees that relocated to the Srebrenica enclave declared to to be a "safe area" by the UN Security Council [...]
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of judicial proceedings against him Monday at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) , saying in a letter to the court that his confidence in the SCSL's "ability to dispense justice" was "misplaced" because he was prevented from seeing his preferred lawyer and that his [...]
British newspapers reported Sunday that incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown intends to reintroduce tough terrorism measures previously rejected by parliament when he takes office later this month on the departure of current British PM Tony Blair. Brown has said that police should be able to detain terror suspects without charge for more than 28 days, [...]
Federal authorities arrested three men Saturday and are still searching for a fourth after foiling a terrorist plot to bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport . The complaint charging the four men claims the plot was intended to "cause greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks," according to one of the suspects. The plot [...]
The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday night that prohibits the state from from taking property solely to boost property taxes. The measure, approved by the state Senate last week, reflects a compromise between the state and its homeowners after a years-long property rights battle. In June 2005, Susan Kelo took her eminent [...]
