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Alleged 9/11 conspirators postpone offers to plead guilty at military commission hearing
Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges against them after (More) |
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FBI agents arrest Illinois governor on corruption charges
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of corruption . They have both been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fr (More) |
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Alleged 9/11 conspirators ask to plead guilty at Guantanamo military commission hearing
Five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , indicated at a military commission pre-trial hearing on Monday that they wished to plead guilty (More) |
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Iran court sentences former central bank staff to jail, whipping for bribery
An Iranian court has sentenced 16 former employees of the Central Bank of Iran to jail and lashes for accepting bribes. According to an Iranian state radio broadcast , the staff members were convicted of accepting cash, foreign currency, and gold i (More) |
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Jamaica parliament votes to resume death penalty after 20-year moratorium
The Jamaican parliament on Tuesday voted 34-15 [JIS release; Jamaica Gleaner report], with 10 abstentions, to resume the use of the death penalty. Advocates for the measure cited the country's extremely high murder rate as justification for res (More) |
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Iraq court begins new trial for former Saddam Hussein aides
An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for 16 former Saddam Hussein-era officials, including Hussein cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] - better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali" - and former Iraqi (More) |
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Burundi abolishes death penalty, criminalizes homosexuality
The parliament of Burundi [government website, in French; JURIST news archive] voted Saturday in favor of laws abolishing the death penalty and criminalizing homosexuality in the country. The elimination of the death penalty in Burundi was a requir (More) |
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ICTR recognizes Rwanda judicial improvements but denies case transfer
Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met Thursday with Rwandan prosecutor general Martin Ngoga [New Times profile] to discuss the possible future transfer of cases from the ICTR to Rwandan courts. In a decision [te (More) |
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US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp
Navy defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier was given rare access [Miami Herald report] on Wednesday to Camp Seven [Miami Herald backgrounder], a special Guantanamo camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees&qu (More) |
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Japan must follow Human Rights Committee death penalty recommendations
Maiko Tagusari [researcher on penal system reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations]: "In its Concluding Observations, the UN Human Rights Committee made it clear that Japan is going against the requirements under the Covenant and is strongl (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.
