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Denmark prosecutors add terrorism charge in Muhammad cartoonist attempted killing
Danish prosecutors on Monday brought an additional charge of terrorism against the Somali man already charged with the attempted murders of Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad [BBC backgrounder; (More) |
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Two Blackwater employees charged in 2009 Kabul shootings
US authorities on Thursday announced charges against two former employees of security firm Blackwater in connection with the May 5 shooting death of two Afghans in Kabul. Justin Cannon and Christopher Drotleff each face 13 counts under the Militar (More) |
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Iran prosecutors to seek death penalty for 5 detained protesters
The Iranian judiciary said Thursday that five people arrested during in last month's violent riots will be tried for Moharebe, or warring against God, which is punishable by execution. The names of the accused have not been released. The prote (More) |
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Fourth Circuit upholds life sentence for 9/11 conspirator Moussaoui
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday upheld the conviction and life sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Moussaoui's lawyers had requested that his guilty plea and be withdraw (More) |
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China executes UK national for drug smuggling
British national Akmal Shaikh was executed Tuesday by the Chinese government after being convicted of bringing almost nine pounds of heroin into the country. Following Shaikh's 2007 arrest [Times Online backgrounder] and November 2008 death sen (More) |
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Vietnam court sentences pro-democracy advocate for subversion
A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced pro-democracy dissident Tran Anh Kim to five and a half years in prison for subversion under Article 79 of the Vietnamese penal code. During a four-hour trial Kim admitted being to member of the banned groups (More) |
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US execution rate now half that of decade ago: report
The number of executions that took place in the US in 2009 was down 47 percent from 10 years ago, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) annual report [text, PDF; press release, PDF] released Friday. There were 52 executions in 20 (More) |
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Mumbai terror attack suspect withdraws confession
Suspected Mumbai terror attack [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab withdrew his confession in an Indian court Friday, claiming he was tortured and framed by police. Kasab originally pleaded not guilty in May, bu (More) |
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China executes former securities trading executive for corruption
Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a former general manager of a major Chinese securities trading corporation who was convicted of embezzling and misappropriating more than USD $14 million. Yang Yanming was convicted and sentenced to death in (More) |
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Texas executes death row prisoner despite mental impairment defense
The State of Texas executed death row inmate Bobby Wayne Woods by lethal injection Thursday, over the objections of lawyers who argued Woods was mentally impaired and thus could not be executed under federal law. Defense lawyers argued that Woods&# (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
