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Pakistan arrests fifth suspect in Bhutto assassination
Pakistani officials on Friday arrested a fifth suspect for his alleged involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive]. Police described the suspect, Abdul Rasheed, as an important member (More) |
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Pakistan officials arrest 2 suspects in Bhutto assassination
The Pakistani Interior Ministry has arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive], officials said Thursday. The two men, identified only as Hasnai (More) |
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US military commission hears jurisdiction arguments in Khadr case
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Monday argued that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case , saying that Khadr did not commit a war crime by allegedly (More) |
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Iraq bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath party members becomes law
Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law , passed by the Ir (More) |
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NATO Genocide in Afghanistan
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that in the name of the "war of terror," NATO forces in Afghanistan are committing genocide by systematically hunting down and destroying the Taliban, a puritanic (More) |
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Padilla trial highlights Bush Administration's manipulation of justice
Paul Craig Roberts [former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; co-author (with Lawrence Stratton) of The Tyranny of Good Intentions]: "The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with (More) |
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Pakistan makes first arrests connected with Bhutto assassination
Pakistani police have arrested two suspects in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive], officials said on Saturday. Aitzaz Shah and Sher Zaman were detained in the town of Dera Is (More) |
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Khadr military trial violates international law on child soldiers: lawyers
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday argued that he was a child soldier when he was captured in Afghanistan and that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case. In the motion, filed wi (More) |
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Former US congressman indicted in terrorism funding case
Mark Deli Siljander , a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, was indicted [indictment, PDF; DOJ press release] Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, obstruction (More) |
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Tunisia appeals court affirms terror conviction of former Guantanamo detainee
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted in Tunisia of criminal association lost an appeal Tuesday in a Tunis court. Lotfi Lagha , who was transferred to Tunisian custody in June 2007 after five years at Guantanamo Bay, was sentenced to three ye (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.
