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German court sentences Sept. 11 conspirator to 15 years
Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who was found guilty of assisting the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court [official website, in (More) |
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Hangings of Saddam co-defendants slated 'this week' as Iraq rejects UN call for halt
An Iraqi government spokesman said Sunday that the execution orders for two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, former chief judge of Iraq's Hussein-era Revolutionary Court Awad Hamed al-Bandar and former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibra (More) |
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US, Iraqis at legal loggerheads before Saddam execution: NYT
US and Iraqi officials disagreed strongly over legal procedures and interpretations in the run-up to the December 30 hanging of Saddam Hussein , the New York Times reported Sunday. Disagreements were reported very soon after the hanging, but the la (More) |
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Iraqi PM threatens to 'reconsider relations' with countries criticizing Saddam hanging
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his government might have to review relations with countries that criticized Saddam Hussein's execution , calling last Friday's hanging a domestic affair. In a speech in Baghdad celebrating (More) |
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Guantanamo prosecutor expects new charges against detainees by February
Revised charges against a group of Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be drawn up by the US military by February, with first evidence to be presented by this summer according to the chief prosecutor for the commissions speaking to Reuters Friday. US Air (More) |
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2006 US death penalty report [DPIC]
The Death Penalty in 2006: Year-End Report, Death Penalty Information Center, December 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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EU blasts death penalty as Saddam co-defendants await execution
The Presidency of the European Union , currently held by Germany, reiterated the EU's opposition to the death penalty "under all circumstances" in a statement released Friday, as two Saddam Hussein co-defendants in Iraq continued to (More) |
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US death sentences hit 30-year low: report
The number of death sentences issued in 2006 reached the lowest level in 30 years, according to a 2006 year-end report [PDF text; press release] issued by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) . The DPIC reported that there were at most 114 de (More) |
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Passion and Law in Iraq: Reflections on Saddam Hussein's Execution
JURIST Guest Columnist Chibli Mallat, visiting professor at Princeton University and a Middle East human rights lawyer who in 2003 turned down an invitation to join what became the Iraqi High Tribunal which eventually tried Saddam Hussein and sentenc (More) |
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Hanging of Saddam co-defendants delayed after 'international pressure'
The executions of two Saddam Hussein co-defendants, former chief judge of Iraq's Hussein-era Revolutionary Court Awad Hamed al-Bandar and former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al Tikriti [GlobalSecurity profile; BBC profile], have bee (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
