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Hicks lawyers looking to avoid military trial
Despite approval of a military tribunal by the US courts and Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock , lawyers for Australian terror suspect David Hicks [Wikipedia profile, advocacy website] are looking to the US federal courts to get his trial (More) |
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UN says violence against women in Afghanistan still pervasive post-Taliban
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Yakin Erturk said Monday that the difficulties faced by Afghani women, from abusive child marriages to public executions ordered by local councils, are still dramatic problems that need to be address (More) |
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Australia wants speedy military trial for Gitmo detainee, but lawyers balk
After US courts approved military trials for terrorism suspects, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said his government now wished for a speedy trial for David Hicks [Wikipedia profile, advocacy website], an Australian who was captured in (More) |
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UPDATE ~ Pakistan asks Supreme Court to rule on Islamic morals law
The Pakistan government Friday asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan to rule on a controversial Islamic law passed Thursday by the conservative Islamist legislature of the country's North West Frontier Province . President General Pervez Musharr (More) |
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International brief ~ Pakistan province passes Islamic moral policing law
Leading Thursday's international brief, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province has passed a controversial law [Pakistan Times report] reminiscent of Afghan regulatons under the former Taliban regime that will allow the government to monito (More) |
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US proposes UN resolution clarifying terror associations
The US on Wednesday unveiled a draft of a UN Security Council resolution that would more clearly define associations with groups such as al Qaeda and the Taliban. Currently, sanctions impose weapons and travel bans along with asset freezes on indiv (More) |
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Islamic scholar sentenced to life in prison for incitement
Ali al-Timimi [Wikipedia profile; advocacy website], an Islamic scholar from Fairfax, Virginia, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after he was convicted of soliciting others to levy war against the US, inducing others to aid the Taliban, an (More) |
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French court frees former Guantanamo detainee
Imad Achab Kanouni, a French citizen once held in the American detention facility at Guantanamo Bay was released from French custody Friday. Top French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere ordered Kanouni's release from French detention, (More) |
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Afghanistan starts voter registration amidst UN security concerns
Afghanistan began to register voters Saturday for the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 18, a day after UN Special Representative Jean Arnault told the UN Security Council that greater security will be necessary to prevent violence a (More) |
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US military policeman sues Pentagon for beating by comrades during Gitmo training
Spc. Sean Baker, an ex-US military policeman, has sued the Pentagon alleging that his constitutional rights were violated during an assault by fellow soldiers in a January 2003 training session that went awry in Guantanamo Bay. Baker voluntarily dr (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
