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UK minister wants Iraqi asylum seekers deported despite court challenges
UK Home Secretary John Reid has promised to go ahead with Tuesday's planned deportations of 32 Iraqis who sought asylum in the UK, saying that only a court injunction will prevent the plane carrying the Iraqis from leaving and that his office & (More) |
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Concerns for Kosovo's future
Abigail Salisbury : "I went to spend my summer working in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo, because I thought that there I would gain some valuable experience which would be relevant to my work toward the International and Comparative Law C (More) |
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UK freezes assets of suspects in transatlantic plane bombings plot
British banking officials froze the assets [notice, PDF; press release] Friday of 19 suspects believed to be involved in a terrorist plot to blow up multiple planes traveling from UK airports to various destinations in the United States, while also (More) |
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Security Council resolution calls for closer UN-Interpol cooperation
The UN Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday that encourages Secretary-General Kofi Annan to work more closely with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) . All 15 Security Council members voted for Resolution 1699 , co (More) |
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Israeli air raid killing over 60 Lebanese civilians denounced as 'war crime'
Arab leaders have denounced as criminal and a breach of international law an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana Sunday that killed over 60 civilians - mostly women and children - as the Middle East conflict entered its nineteenth da (More) |
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UK Home Office plans to toughen immigration rules in major overhaul
The UK Home Office announced plans to overhaul Britain's immigration system Tuesday in a review outlining how the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) will respond to the impact of globalization, changing travel pa (More) |
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The Road to Gay Marriage After New York
JURIST Guest Columnist Dale Carpenter of the University of Minnesota Law School says while the recent New York Court of Appeals ruling against same-sex marriage is an ostensible legal setback, it may prompt gay marriage advocates to emphasize legisla (More) |
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UN leaders condemn illegal targeting of civilians in escalating Middle East conflict
Top UN officials Friday condemned Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanese Hezbollah militants for intentionally inflicting civilian casualties on one another contrary to international humanitarian law as violence continued to escalate in the Middle E (More) |
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UK Enron bankers extradited to US to face fraud charges
US Marshals took custody of three former NatWest bankers Thursday as the controversial extradition of the three British nationals went ahead as scheduled. Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew will face seven counts of wire fraud for alle (More) |
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Belarus prosecutors seek prison term for opposition protest leader
Belarus prosecutors have requested a six-to-10-year sentence for opposition politician Alexander Kozulin , who in March led what prosecutors say were unauthorized protests over the controversial re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenk (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.
