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Bangladesh sentences Islamist militant for bombings
A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced a member of the outlawed Islamist militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to 15 years in prison for involvement in a wave of bomb attacks across the country on August 17 last year that killed 2 and wounded 100. The g (More) |
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Jordan ratifies agreement with US on nonsurrender to ICC
The lower house of Jordan's parliament on Sunday approved an agreement with the US which will prohibit the country from handing over Americans accused of violating international criminal law to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The decisi (More) |
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Jordan ratifies ICC nonsurrender agreement with US
The lower house of Jordan's parliament on Sunday approved an agreement with the US which will prohibit the country from handing over Americans accused of violating international criminal law to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The decisi (More) |
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The UK Terrorism Bill: Defending Democracy's Core Values
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke says that as the British government's proposed Terrorism Bill proceeds through Parliament we should bear in mind that citizens of democracies expect not only the protection of in (More) |
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Uzbek court sentences police, soldiers, doctors for negligence in Andijan uprising
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, soldiers, and prison doctors to jail terms ranging from 1.5 to 11 years for their complicity in the May uprising in Andijan [JURIST news archive; HRW backgrounder] when thousands o (More) |
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Italian judge issues Europe-wide arrest warrants for 22 CIA operatives
An Italian judge issued European arrest warrants on Friday for the 22 CIA operatives accused of participating in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 . Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro said the warrants allowed for the arrest of those accuse (More) |
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Ruling allows lengthy checks of Muslims returning to US from Canada conference
Muslim-Americans attending an annual international religious conference [conference website; conference trailer, WMP] in Canada that began Friday and continues through January 4 may be subject to lengthy security checks upon their return to the Unit (More) |
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Iraqi groups demand international review of parliamentary poll, but UN balks
A coalition of Sunni and secular Shiite political groups said Thursday that they would boycott sessions of the new Iraqi national assembly elected on December 15 unless an independent review of the poll was conducted by an international body such a (More) |
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UN torture expert urges prosecution of Uzbek minister in Andijan uprising
Manfred Nowak, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture , has called for Germany to prosecute the Uzbek Minister of Internal Affairs, Zokirjon Almatov, for his handling of the May 2005 Andijan uprising . A group of survivors and the New York-base (More) |
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International brief ~ Rights group wants UN to sanction Sudan leaders for Darfur crimes
Leading Monday's international brief, Human Rights Watch has called on the UN Security Council to sanction Sudanese President Omar El Bashir and other senior Sudanese government officials for complicity in crimes against humanity. In a new re (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
