Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be hanged Tuesday, according to Iraqi legal sources quoted by wire services Monday afternoon. The Iraqi government has scheduled the execution despite defense lawyers' contention...
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Second UN rights expert calls on Iraq not to execute Saddam VP after faulty trial
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has urged the Iraqi government not to execute Saddam-era Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan because of...
Defense lawyers for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan have filed an appeal with the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) , asking the court to overturn Ramadan's death...
Philippines president pledges to investigate extra-judicial killings
The Philippines will investigate and eventually prosecute those responsible for extra-judicial killings, President Gloria Arroyo said Wednesday, one day after a visiting UN official released a report revealing a high number of such...
UN probe reveals high number of extra-judicial killings in Philippines
The number of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines is critically high, according to UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston , who on Wednesday reported on his 10-day investigation into the...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , sentenced to death in connection with crimes against humanity committed in the town of Dujail in 1982, has alleged in a sworn statement [DOC...
The trial of Saddam-era Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was flawed and he should not be executed, a UN Human Rights expert said Wednesday. Phillip Alston , appointed [UN...
Philippines vows cooperation with UN rights expert probing political murders
The Philippines government has pledged to cooperate fully with the UN rights official who arrived in the country Monday to investigate the surge of political murders. In a statement on behalf of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo [official website; BBC...
UN rights official to investigate political murders in Philippines
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights announced Tuesday that UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston will go to the Philippines next week to...
DOD official slams US law firms for defending Guantanamo detainees
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson has set off a firestorm of protest by publicly questioning the propriety of some of the country's top law firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees....