Charges and provisional detention order against Nuon Chea, Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia, September 21, 2007. Read the full text of the charges and order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea has disputed charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to his detention order , published Friday by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . Chea, who was arrested and charged earlier this week, said that he was never in the position to order the [...]

Bangladesh suspended publication of weekly satire magazine Alpin Friday after hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims protested the publication of a cartoon depicting a young boy and his "Muhammad cat," saying the cartoon ridiculed the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Protesters burned copies of Prothom Alo , the daily newspaper that publishes the Alpin magazine, and demanded that the [...]

German police have arrested Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan minister suspected of genocide in the 1994 Rwanda conflict between Hutus and Tutsis, German officials announced Thursday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) accuses Ngirabatware of conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, and complicity in genocide. The ICTR quickly sought extradition of Ngirabatware to begin proceedings [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is pushing world leaders to place the prosecution of war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan on top of the agenda at a UN meeting on Darfur taking place Friday. In a press briefing before the meeting, Moreno-Ocampo said that peace in Sudan is impossible if [...]

Federal prosecutors on Thursday handed down an indictment accusing Milberg Weiss name partner Melvyn Weiss of conspiracy, racketeering, obstruction of justice and making false statements. The indictment stems from a long-running US Attorney investigation into allegations that Milberg Weiss paid up to $11.3 million in illegal kickbacks since 1984 to individuals to serve as lead [...]

The Zimbabwean Parliament unanimously passed amendments to the Zimbabwean constitution Thursday that essentially give President Robert Mugabe the authority to appoint his successor. Both Mugabe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change , ultimately supported the measures with all 111 MPs present [...]

Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with fraud for alleged campaign finance law violations, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. Hsu allegedly created a massive Ponzi scheme , resulting in more than $60 million of illicit gains, and illegally made campaign contributions in other peoples' names [...]

Former federal judge and US Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey will forbid US Department of Justice (DOJ) employees from discussing sensitive cases with outside agencies if he is confirmed as attorney general, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Thursday. In a private meeting with Leahy, Mukasey reportedly assured Leahy that any DOJ employee [...]

Private security contractors operating in Iraq work largely above the law due to legal loopholes, according to a Thursday New York Times report on the aftermath of Sunday's shooting death of at least eight Iraqi civilians at the hands of private security contractor Blackwater USA . The Iraqi Interior Ministry withdrew Blackwater's operating license in [...]