A spokesman for Austria's Interior Ministry said Thursday that British historian David Irving has been arrested on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust. Irving has argued in his books that the scale of the extermination of the Jews during World War II has been exaggerated and has claimed Hitler knew nothing of the [...]
An Article 32 hearing has commenced for US Army Second Lt. Erick J. Anderson, accused of murder for his role in the death of an Iraqi teenager who was suffering from severe wounds in the aftermath of a US attack, to determine whether he should face court-martial. Two soldiers in Anderson's platoon, Staff Sgts. Johnny [...]
Paul Bisengimana, former mayor of the Rwandan town Gikoro, pleaded guilty Thursday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on charges related to the country's 1994 genocide . Bisengimana was initially charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct incitement to commit genocide, crimes against humanity including murder, extermination, rape, torture and other inhumane acts [...]
Lawyers from the US Department of Justice recommended that the department reject Georgia's new voter-identification law , but were overruled by higher-ranking DOJ officials, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post. Four of five staff members reviewing the Georgia law, as part of the review process required under the 1965 Voting Rights Act for [...]
Two US soldiers will face court-martial proceedings for striking two detainees in their custody at Forward Operating Base Ripley in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, the US military said Thursday. Army Sgt. Kevin D. Myricks and Army Spc. James R. Hayes face multiple charges including conspiracy to maltreat, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees and assault consummated [...]
The European Parliament approved a legislative package Thursday which will allow safety-testing for thousands of chemicals used in everyday products. The Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals Act (REACH) calls for the registration of approximately 30,000 chemicals produced or imported in the European Union. Authorization would be required for use of those chemicals causing high [...]
Lawyers in Bangladesh Thursday entered their second day of a boycott on the court system to protest the suicide bombings which killed two judges earlier this week, as police increased efforts to find individuals suspected to have been involved in the attacks. Militants have been targeting courthouses , judges and other legal professionals over the [...]
Leading Thursday's international brief, Senior government ministers from South Africa and Zimbabwe met Thursday to sign an official agreement strengthening ties between the nations' intelligence, defense, and police services. The agreement creates a joint commission to deal with national defense, promotes the cooperation between the two nations' police forces, and addresses issues of cross-border concern [...]
A UN human rights official has called for an investigation into the killings of two defense lawyers representing co-defendants of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein . The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said an independent investigation was needed because the murders had major implications for the Saddam Hussein trial [...]
Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Thursday that reports of abuse of detainees by Iraqi security forces were exaggerated. Jabr said that only five people discovered at a prison in an Interior Ministry building were malnourished, and that many of those detained were suspected terrorists. Jabr said an investigation had begun into allegations of torture. [...]
