Pakistan's parliament on Wednesday passed a new anti-terrorism bill that detractors are claiming grants excessive power to police. The proposed legislation, known as the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance, allows police to use lethal...
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The UN Security Council announced Wednesday that a 10 year old arms embargo against Somalia will not be fully restored after its expiration in March. In 2013, the security council voted to partially lift the...
Senator Rand Paul's Lawsuit Has a Good Chance of Success on the Merits
Ronald Sievert, University of Texas School of Law
India high court commutes 15 death sentences to life in prison
A three-judge panel for the Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that a death sentence can be commuted to a life sentence based upon the government's delay. In ruling, the court nullified the death sentences ...
Cross-examination of the Pakistani-based businessman responsible for selling the boat engine used by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was held on Wednesday before Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court. The merchant,...
India Supreme Court upholds death penalty for convicted terrorist
The Supreme Court of India on Sunday upheld a death penalty sentence against Devinderpal Singh Bhullar , a convicted terrorist. This ruling allows the Indian government to continue a trend toward use of execution that began...
India high court upholds death sentence for 1993 Mumbai bombings
The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for one of the plotters of the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings that killed 257 people. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, brother of...
India parliament attack plotter executed after president refuses to grant clemency
Afzal Guru , a Kashmiri militant who received the death penalty for participating in the 2001 attack on India's parliament , was executed on Saturday. Guru was hanged after India's president, Shri Pranab Mukherjee ,...
Federal judge sentences US citizen to 35 years for role in Mumbai terror attack
Judge Harry Leinenweber of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday issued a 35-year prison sentence to David Coleman Headley for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in...
India executes sole surviving gunman from 2008 Mumbai attacks
The only surviving shooter in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks was executed at a prison in India Wednesday hours after President Shri Pranab Mukherjee finally rejected the gunman's clemency appeal. Pakistani national...