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Florida terror trial verdict seen as DOJ setback
A series of not guilty verdicts returned by a federal jury Tuesday for former Florida professor Sami Al-Arian [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] on terrorism charges is being called a major defeat for law enforcement officials. Al-Arian was i (More) |
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Dutch trial of suspected terrorists tests new anti-terror law
The trial of fourteen men alleged to belong to a terrorist group operating in Amsterdam begins Monday and is the first test of new Dutch anti-terror legislation allowing for the prosecution of individuals for "membership a criminal organisati (More) |
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Bangladesh police holding 180 militants for court attacks
Police in Bangladesh said Sunday they had detained nearly 50 more suspected Islamist militants connected with several recent suicide attacks on the country’s judiciary, bringing the total of suspects rounded up in the past week at least 180. (More) |
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Yemen cleric faces execution for spying after appeal fails
A Yemeni appellate court Saturday upheld the capital sentence of a Shia cleric accused of spying for the Iranian government and for supporting an armed rebellion in northern Yemen last year. The case will now go to the Supreme Court of Yemen, whic (More) |
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Turkish appeals court orders retrial of Islamist cleric convicted of airplane plot
The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey on Wednesday overturned the life sentence of Metin Kaplan , an Islamist cleric convicted on charges of plotting to fly an aircraft into the mausoleum of Turkey’s secular founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, (More) |
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Italy Justice Minister doubts prosecutor motives for wanting CIA agents extradited
Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has cast doubt on the motivations behind a Milan prosecutor's request for the extradition of 22 CIA agents accused of participating in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 . Castelli suggested T (More) |
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Ambassador says France 'back to normal' after riots
French Ambassador to the US Jean-David Levitte said Monday that France was "back to normal" following three weeks of rioting and he denied that religion played a role in the violence, which was prevalent in largely Muslim communities. Le (More) |
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European headscarf ruling stirs controversy in Turkey
Last week's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights [JURIST report; opinion text] upholding Turkey's ban on headscarves in public universities, has led to confrontation between the Islamic government and the law's secular proponent (More) |
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European rights court upholds Turkish ban on headscarves
Turkey can ban the wearing of headscarves in public and private universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. In its judgment [text; press release], which is not subject to appeal, the court rejected Leyla Sahin's arguments (More) |
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Australian police use new anti-terror amendment to foil "large-scale" attack
Australian police arrested 15 terror suspects early Tuesday local time in what Victoria state police chief Christine Nixon characterized as "the largest operation of counterterrorism that's ever been conducted in this country." Some 4 (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.
