Federal prosecutors have charged sixteen Bosnian Serb immigrants with immigration fraud for allegedly lying about their military experiences during the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, the US Department of Justice announced Friday. One of those charged is accused of leading a Bosnian Serb unit that participated in the Srebrenica massacre of Muslims in 1995. The [...]
Luis Moreno-Ocampo , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court , told the UN Security Council Thursday that his investigation into crimes committed in Darfur is almost complete, noting that he is "preparing to submit evidence to the ICC judges no later than February 2007." Moreno-Ocampo submitted a report to the Security Council pursuant to [...]
An Alabama jury returned a verdict in favor of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. on Friday, concluding that the drug Vioxx did not cause the plaintiff in the case to suffer a heart attack. The jury also found that Merck did not withhold information prior to removing the drug from the market in 2004. The [...]
A federal judge on Friday denied bail for the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Roy Belfast Jr. and Charles Taylor Jr., was charged last week with committing torture in the first prosecution brought under a federal anti-torture statute . Emmanuel commanded a paramilitary unit in Liberia during [...]
Joseph Nzabirinda , a Rwandan businessman charged in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, pleaded guilty to murder as a crime against humanity Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Nzabirinda was initially charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, extermination as a crime against humanity and rape as a crime against humanity. [...]
US Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State John Bellinger told the Daily Telegraph on Friday that Guantanamo Bay detainees considered an ongoing threat to security will remain in custody indefinitely, regardless of whether there is sufficient evidence to try them before a military commission . In an interview with the Telegraph, Bellinger said that [...]
Defense counsel for alleged terrorist Jose Padilla have filed a motion asking a federal judge in Miami to hold a hearing to decide whether or not Padilla is competent to stand trial. Recent evaluations of Padilla by a psychiatrist and clinical psychologist suggest that Padilla is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his years in [...]
Ireland's High Court has refused to recognize the same-sex marriage of a lesbian couple married in Canada in 2003. Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine Zappone sued to force Ireland to recognize their marriage, performed in British Columbia after same-sex marriage was legalized in the province. High Court Justice Elizabeth Dunne rejected the couple's petition Thursday, [...]
US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton on Thursday called for international criminal charges to be brought against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for inciting genocide against Christians and Jews. While speaking at a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations symposium, Bolton, who was joined by former Israeli UN Ambassador Dore Gold and [...]
The Spanish parliament began debating the proposed Law for the Recovery of the Historical Memory Thursday, legislation aimed at healing the wounds of Gen. Francisco Franco's authoritarian regime that ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975 following a bitter three-year civil war. The bill would set aside $25 million to compensate victims of the Franco era [...]
