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Niger judge OKs release of French journalists on bail
Niger authorities will release on bail two French journalists charged this week with threatening state security, the journalists' lawyer said Friday. Reporter Pierre Creisson and cameraman Thomas Dandois will be released when each journalist p (More) |
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Niger charges French journalists for reporting on Tuareg rebels
Niger authorities charged two French journalists with threatening state security Wednesday, alleging that the journalists attempted to report on rebel groups in the country's volatile north region. The West African country has been in a state o (More) |
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Thailand anti-corruption commission to investigate former prime minister
Thailand's National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) has approved the creation of three subcommittees to investigate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and two of his former senior administration off (More) |
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Japan begins fingerprinting foreign visitors
The Japanese government on Tuesday began fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors, pursuant to an anti-terror bill that was approved by Japan's upper house of parliament in May. If the government determines that a visitor poses a ter (More) |
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Thai prosecutor suggests extradition evidence against ex-PM Thaksin may be too weak
The accumulated evidence against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be insufficient to compel the United Kingdom to extradite the ousted prime minister on corruption charges, according to Chief Prosecutor for Foreign Litigation Sampan Sar (More) |
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Reversing Roe ruling on abortion would harm poor women: Ginsburg
Reversing the US Supreme Court's abortion decision in Roe v. Wade [LII backgrounder; opinion text] would not prevent wealthy women from getting abortions, but would have a "devastating" effect on underprivileged females, Justice Ruth B (More) |
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Execution of Al Majid without response to pardon petition would be murder
Giovanni Di Stefano [lawyer for Ali Hassan al-Majid, dubbed "Chemical Ali", Studio Legale Internazionale, Rome]: "Any execution of Mr Al Majid et al after the expiry of the 'within 30 days of final judgement (Sept.4) will be deemed (More) |
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Detention in Russia illustrates escalation of crackdown on rights groups
Neil Hicks [Director, Human Rights Defenders Program, Human Rights First]: "The brief detention of five foreign human rights activists who were attending a planned international meeting commemorating the work of Anna Politkovskaya in the provinc (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects el-Masri rendition case
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied without comment the petition for certiorari filed by Khaled el-Masri against the US government, ostensibly supporting the Bush administration's contention that allowing el-Masri's lawsuit [complaint, (More) |
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Peru president pledges fair trial for Fujimori
Peruvian President Alan Garcia pledged on Monday to act with fairness during the trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori [personal website; JURIST news archive], who was extradited from Chile last week after a Supreme Court of Chile ruli (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.
