Pakistan lawyers injured at protests against chief judge suspension
Twenty Pakistani lawyers were injured by riot police Monday as protests against last week's suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued. More than 3,000 lawyers gathered outside the Lahore High Court ...
Pakistan lawyers boycott courts to protest chief justice suspension
Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers boycotted courts Saturday to protest Friday's suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for unspecified misconduct. An estimated 200 lawyers burned images of President Pervez Musharraf in Karachi. Amir...
Pakistan chief justice suspended for unspecified 'misconduct'
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Friday "after receiving numerous complaints and serious allegations for misconduct, misuse of authority and actions prejudicial to the dignity of office of the Chief...
Fijian military carries out coup threat but leaves constitution intact
Fiji military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has carried out a threat to remove the elected government from power unless current Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase voluntarily resigned, a move Qarase flatly refused to...
A Fiji High Court judge Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case against former Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , charged with inciting a military mutiny . Although High Court Justice Gerard Winter did not disclose his...
Former Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for allegedly attempting to incite a military mutiny in November 2000 after rebel Counter Revolutionary Warfare soldiers attempted to remove military leader Commodore...
In a victory for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf , the country's Supreme Court Thursday blocked a proposal by the Islamist-controlled North-West Frontier Province to introduce a set of controversial morals laws to be enforced...
International brief ~ Pakistan province passes Islamic moral policing law
Leading Thursday's international brief, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province has passed a controversial law reminiscent of Afghan regulatons under the former Taliban regime that will allow the government to monitor individuals' compliance with Islamic...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, December 3.The US House and Senate are in recess. The US House will reconvene on Monday, December 6 at 2 PM. The US...
