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Doctors Without Borders seeks investigation into US bombing of Afghan hospital
The discrepancies between the US and Afghan accounts of the US-led bombing that struck a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last week call for an independent investigation by a never-before-used international body, said Joanne Liu, president of Doctor (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for investigation into Kunduz clinic airstrikes
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Saturday for a "swift, full and transparent investigation" into airstrikes that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, over the weekend. The bombing, (More) |
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UN rights chief urges parties in Afghanistan attack to protect civilians
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday asked parties involved in the Taliban attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, to do everything in their power to protect civilians form harm . He expressed concern over the deteriorating (More) |
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Lawyers for US soldier held captive in Afghanistan request release of documents
Lawyers for Bowe Bergdahl filed a petition with the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals asking for the public release of unclassified documents that were admitted into evidence in a public preliminary hearing last week. In 2009 Bowe Bergdahl, then a (More) |
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Secret Pakistan military court sentences nine to death
A secret military court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced nine men to death and another to life in prison on terrorism-related charges. The men were accused of a variety of acts, including attacks on army convoys in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a (More) |
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Pakistan Supreme Court allows military trials for terrorism suspects
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the government that has been increasing its (More) |
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UN report: Rise in women and children casualties in Afghanistan
The UN on Wednesday said that a new report shows a significant increase in the number of women and children being hurt or killed in Afghanistan's war against the Taliban and other insurgents. The number of total casualties in the conflict rose by (More) |
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Federal judge rejects challenge from Guantanamo Bay detainee
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday rejected a legal challenge from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who claimed that his detention at the naval base was illegal. Muktar Yahya Najee al-Warafi from Yemen wa (More) |
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Obama: US won't prosecute families of hostages for paying ransom
US President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the government will no longer threaten litigation against families of US hostages who attempt to pay ransoms for the release of their loved ones. Obama plans to make this change a part of a large (More) |
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Six Guantanamo detainees transferred to Oman
Six Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Oman Saturday, marking the first transfer of detainees from the prison in five months.The Pentagon reports that the six Yemeni men transferred include Emad Abdullah Hassan, held without charge since 2002 (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.
