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China, Iran, US among countries with most executions in 2005: Amnesty report
According to figures compiled by Amnesty International , 2,148 people were executed around the world in 2005, with the most executions being performed in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US. In its report released Thursday, Amnesty noted that Chi (More) |
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US releases list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday released the first official list of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay , including the names of people who were the earliest detainees at the detention facility. The Pentagon released the list of 558 detaine (More) |
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Yemen prosecutors seek death penalty in al Qaeda terror trial
Prosecutors in Yemen are seeking the death penalty against Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal , the alleged number two in the Yemen sect of al-Qaeda, who is being tried for plotting terrorist attacks as part of an armed group. Ahdal is on trial with four oth (More) |
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UK seeking immunity for Saudi officials who allegedly tortured Britons
The UK government said Monday that it plans to intervene in a case brought by a group of British citizens against Saudi Arabian officials who allegedly tortured them to argue that foreign officials who torture British citizens abroad should not be s (More) |
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Saddam defense team adding female Saudi lawyer
A female Saudi lawyer, Reem al-Habib, received preliminary approval on Wednesday to join the team of lawyers defending Saddam Hussein . Habib, who graduated from Harvard Law School and works in western Saudi Arabia as a corporate lawyer, cites perso (More) |
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Judge considers Gitmo force-feeding in first test of Detainee Treatment Act
At a hearing in Washington Thursday US District Judge Gladys Kessler questioned the treatment of Mohammed Bawazir, a former hunger striker at Guantanamo Bay eventually force-fed in treatment his lawyers say was torture contrary to the terms of the (More) |
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Judge orders Abu Ali sentencing delayed for surveillance check
A federal judge has granted a request by defense attorneys that sentencing for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , convicted in November of last year for joining al Qaeda and conspiring to assassinate President Bush, be delayed until March 9 so that prosecutors (More) |
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Denmark may ban religious slander after Muhammad cartoons furor
The Danish ambassador to Saudi Arabia has said that Denmark will take steps to ban religious slander in accordance with Danish and European laws, according to reports Monday. As a result of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad , Am (More) |
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French Muslims suing papers over cartoons as Danes pull endangered envoys
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) , an umbrella organisation of French Muslim groups, said Friday it will sue several French newspapers that republished controversial caricatures of Muhammad which were originally printed in a Danish new (More) |
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EU justice chief intervenes in Islamic cartoons controversy
EU Justice Commissioner and European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini intervened in the growing Islamic cartoons controversy Thursday, calling newspaper publication of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad "somewhat imprudent," whi (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
