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Saddam officials charged for suppressing Shiite uprising after Gulf War
More than a hundred officials of Saddam Hussein's regime have been charged for their roles in quelling the Shiite uprising following the 1990-91 Gulf War that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Shiites, according to Iraqi High Tribu (More) |
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UK court dismisses Muslim cleric's appeal of incitement conviction
A three-judge panel of the UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to overturn his conviction on incitement-to-murder charges [BBC summary; BBC trial timeline]. In February, Hamza was convicted of 11 (More) |
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Detainees named in UK/Italy deal with Iraq who cannot be executed
Giovanni Di Stefano : "Below are the names of those Iraq detainees who are subject to a 2004 agreement between the UK/Italy and the Iraqi government witnessed by the US Government that whilst capital punishment can be imposed as a sentence canno (More) |
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UK Muslim cleric urges appeals court to overturn conviction
Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri told a British appeals court Monday that his February conviction on incitement to murder charges [BBC summary; BBC trial timeline] should be overturned on the grounds that he was denied a fair trial. Hamza was con (More) |
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UK government slammed for 'sacrificing liberties' in terror fight
UK Conservative Party shadow Home Secretary David Davis attacked the ruling Labour party Monday for passing anti-terror laws limiting traditional freedoms, valuing the rights of criminals over those of defendants, failing to prosecute terrorists, a (More) |
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Hearing begins for US troops charged in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
A military hearing for the five US Army soldiers now charged in connection with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya began Sunday with testimony by unidentified Iraqi witnesses. The Article 32 h (More) |
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Lawyer seeks to shift Guantanamo military commission trial to US
A military lawyer representing Yemeni Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, one of ten Guantanamo Bay detainees awaiting trial before a military commission , filed a motion Wednesday to move al-Bahlul's trial to a Navy base in the United States, claiming that t (More) |
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Pentagon rules thwart fair trials for Guantanamo detainees: US military lawyer
A US military lawyer acting as defense counsel for a Yemeni prisoner on trial for terrorism-related offenses before a military commission [DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay on Friday challenged a US Department of Defense regu (More) |
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Guantanamo Bay military tribunals resume pre-trial hearings
The US military commissions [DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay are scheduled to resume proceedings Tuesday, with pre-trial hearings scheduled for four prisoners facing terrorism-related charges. Among those scheduled to appear (More) |
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US military lawyer slams Guantanamo procedures
Maj. Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay , said Monday that the "imbalanced system" at Gua (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
