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Afghanistan official resigns from UN-backed electoral commission
One of the two Afghans on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) resigned on Monday, citing "foreign interference." The panel is tasked with investigating the allegations of fraud surrounding the disputed August presidential (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee repatriated to Kuwait
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi has been returned to his home country . The US government alleged that Al-Mutairi had fought against American troops in Afghanistan, but in (More) |
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The ICC and the Middle East: A Needed Relationship
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, a legal adviser with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and co-founder and Associate Editor of Global Brief, Canada's first international affairs magazine, says that in order f (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday granted the habeas corpus petition filed by Guantanamo Bay detainee Fouad Al Rabiah, ordering his release. Al Rabiah, a Kuwaiti national, had been held at Guantanamo Bay fo (More) |
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Afghanistan electoral commission orders recount at 10 percent of polls
The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) in Afghanistan said Tuesday that ballots from about 10 percent of polls need to be recounted because of allegations of fraud in last month's presidential election. Canadian head of the ECC Gra (More) |
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UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission invalidates ballots
The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Thursday invalidated ballots from last month's presidential election from certain polls in Kandahar, Ghazni, and Paktika provinces. The ECC found "clear and convincing evidence of fra (More) |
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ICC prosecutor to begin investigating NATO troops in Afghanistan
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday that he would begin investigating claims of war crimes by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Afghanistan. In a briefing, Luis Moreno-Ocampo said tha (More) |
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UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission orders partial recount of votes
The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Tuesday ordered Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) to conduct a partial recount of votes from polling stations with high irregularities. According to ECC investigations:T (More) |
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Afghanistan election commission defends poll results against fraud allegations
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Saturday that it is doing its job faithfully and impartially in an attempt to reassure the Afghan public amid allegations of voter fraud in the recent presidential election . The remarks (More) |
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Federal judge denies Al Odah Guantanamo habeas petition
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah in a partially redacted opinion made public Monday. Kollar-Kelly d (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
