Saddam trial lawyers permitted to return to court, but fail to appear
The chief judge presiding over Saddam Hussein's genocide trial agreed Tuesday to allow two lawyers representing one of Hussein's co-defendants to return to court. The lawyers had been participating in a boycott of the...
Croatia journalist pleads not guilty to contempt for publishing ICTY witness names
Freelance Croatian journalist Domagoj Margetic, charged with publishing the names of two protected witnesses online, pleaded not guilty to contempt of court Friday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website;...
A bill allowing a referendum on whether to oust Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was defeated in the Taiwanese legislature Friday. Sponsored by the People First Party (PFP) , the bill accused...
A court in Japan has dismissed an appeal by 81 plaintiffs who argued that the visits of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a war shrine honoring Japanese dead as well as war criminals...
DOD documents show monitoring of anti-war groups for terror threats database
The US Department of Defense (DOD) labeled anti-war activities as "potential terrorist activity" and monitored students, Quakers and other anti-war groups while collecting information for a domestic terror threats database, according to documents ...
Turkey asked the European Union Monday to express opposition to a proposed French law which would imposes fines and jail terms on anyone who denies that there was an Armenian genocide . France...
Saddam ejected from court for fourth time as genocide trial continues
Saddam Hussein was again thrown out of court during his trial on genocide charges Tuesday after he tried to speak into the microphone during court proceedings. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa immediately turned off...
Khalid al-Dulaimi , lead counsel for Saddam Hussein, said Sunday that the defense team will continue its boycott of Husseins genocide trial when it resumes Monday. The protest began when chief judge...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told US President George W. Bush in a telephone conversation Friday that Canada was filing an official protest regarding the US treatment of Maher Arar , a Canadian citizen detained...
Bill Goodman : "The Center for Constitutional Rights is aggressively challenging the appalling Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress last week. Our allies have already contributed cogent analyses of some of the dangers posed...
