Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda media director Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul on Tuesday appealed his conviction and life sentence for conspiring with al Qaeda, soliciting murder, and providing...
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Chilean judge Manuel Valderrama disclosed on Wednesday a report on the extent and sources of the secret fortune of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet that amounts to $25,978,602 in accounts held outside of Chile,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its subsidiary have settled a health care fraud suit for a record $2.3 billion. The DOJ brought a...
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced that they would not release further documents regarding investigations into alleged detainee mistreatment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filed late Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act...
The Colombian House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 85-5 to approve a bill to hold a referendum on whether President Alvaro Uribe [BBC profile; JURIST news...
Snedden v Republic of Croatia, Federal Court of Australia, September 2, 2009 . Reported in...
Investigation of Failure of the SEC to Uncover Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme, US Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Inspector General, released September 2, 2009 [reporting that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a number of missteps...
Warman, et al. v. Lemire, et al., Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, September 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has...
Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of political officials to discuss potential changes to the country's constitution, one day after the Constitutional Court ...
A Thai criminal court has sentenced political activist Darunee Charnchoengsilpakul to 18 years in prison for insulting the royal family. Darunee was convicted last Friday on charges of violating Thailand's lese majeste ...
