Milosevic farewell draws tens of thousands in Belgrade before hometown burial
Over 50,000 mourners gathered in front of the parliament building in Belgrade Saturday to mourn the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic , who last week was found dead in his prison cell at...
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that what is most important about the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in the wake of his sudden death in jail is not its lack of outcome, but rather...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that Haitian President-elect Rene Preval faces a daunting if familiar series of legal obstacles involving parliament, the judiciary and the police as...
UK government to propose admitting wiretap evidence at trials
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke is expected to propose legislation that would allow the use of wiretap evidence in British courtrooms, specifically in cases of organized crime and terrorism, according to British press reports Tuesday. The...
Guantanamo tribunal to review whether evidence obtained by torture
For the first time since the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals convened in August 2004, a presiding military judge has said that he will examine potential evidence to determine if it was obtained through torture before ruling on admissibility....
An Afghan court Saturday found Asadullah Sarwari , head of the country's intelligence department in the communist era, guilty of ordering hundreds of murders and sentenced him to death. Sarwari, who defended himself in the one-day trial, is...
International brief ~ Sudan president possible target for UN sanctions
Leading Thursday's international brief, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been named among possible target for UN Security Council sanctions being considered against high-ranking officials in the Sudanese government that are thought to be complicit in...
Canada Muslim groups seek charges for Muhammad cartoons publication
The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) has filed a complaint against the Canadian Western Standard magazine over its republication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Other Canadian media have refused...
In an apparent political climbdown, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has approved publication of proposed amendments to the controversial British Identity Cards Bill that would require another Act of Parliament be passed to...
Lawyers say most Guantanamo detainees not alleged to be terrorists
Lawyers for two detainees being held at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay say that over half of the terror suspects being held there are not alleged to have committed terrorist acts against the US...
