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China dairy executive pleads guilty in contaminated milk trial
Chinese diary company chairwoman Tian Wenhua on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges that she allowed her company to sell milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine even after she knew of the contamination, according to the state-run X (More) |
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Zimbabwe rights activist jailed despite court order for release
Leading Zimbabwe human rights activist Jestina Mukoko has been taken to the high-security Chikurubi prison outside of Harare in violation of a court order that she be taken to a hospital, according to human rights lawyers Friday. Mukoko, who is c (More) |
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Military commission charges confirmed against Saudi Guantanamo detainee
The US Department of Defense (DOD) said Friday that charges have been referred to a military commission trial against Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri . Al-Nashiri is accused of terrorism, attempted murder, and providing mate (More) |
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UK court rules suspects may be transferred to Iraq custody
A panel of the UK High Court of Justice ruled Friday that Iraqis Faisal Attiyah Nassar al-Saadoon and Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi, suspected in the 2003 deaths of two British soldiers , may be transferred to Iraqi custody to face trial. Lawyers for the (More) |
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UN General Assembly splits on gay rights
The UN General Assembly was divided Thursday over the the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality as 66 nations signed a statement calling for decriminalization, and nearly 60 nations signed an opposing statement. The representative from Argentina, (More) |
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Cone death penalty case shows priority of authorities is really to protect convictions
Julien Ball [Administrative Coordinator, Campaign to End the Death Penalty]: "The State of Tennessee wants to execute Gary Cone on a technicality. It is beyond dispute that the prosecution withheld crucial evidence in the case. Cone argued that (More) |
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Justice for Rwanda: ICTR Achievements and Challenges
On the eve of a long-anticipated ruling in the Bagosora "Military I" genocide trial, JURIST Special Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), reviews t (More) |
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Former Illinois governor Ryan issues public apology for crimes
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan on Friday issued his first public apology for the crimes that resulted in his imprisonment. Ryan's apology comes in the wake of last week's arrest of current Governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption cha (More) |
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Cone v. Bell highlights need for substance to trump procedure in death penalty cases
Richard C. Dieter [Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center]: "Death penalty cases are taking longer to resolve. In 2007, the average time between sentencing and execution was 12.7 years, the third year in a row in which the time wa (More) |
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US sees drop in executions, death sentences in 2008: report
Executions in the US are at a 14-year low and the number of death sentences has dropped 60 percent since the 1990s, according to a report [text, PDF; DPIC press release, PDF] released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) , a non-p (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.
