US Army officer, interrogator facing Afghan detainee abuse hearings
An Article 32 hearing will begin next Monday for a US Army captain to determine if he should face a court martial on charges that he poorly supervised military police officers guarding suspected terrorists at...
New trials have begun in Uzbekistan for fifty-eight people charged with terrorism, religious extremism and other serious crimes stemming from the death of as many as 1,000 villagers in the Uzbek city of Andijan, the country's...
UK judge drops murder, abuse charges against soldiers in Iraqi civilian death
A UK judge has directed court-martial panel members to issue a 'not guilty' verdict for all seven British soldiers charged with the murdering an Iraqi civilian in southern Iraq. The seven paratroopers were accused of killing an...
Perjury, Lies and Degrading Treatment: The Case for the McCain Amendment
JURIST Contributing Editor Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School says passing the McCain Amendment prohibiting coercive interrogation practices would be an important step forward towards re-establishing America's reputation for respecting the rule of law, and could open the...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Greg Kehoe, US Department of Justice Regime Crimes Liaison to the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Baghdad from March 2004 until March 2005, says that while the current Ad Dujayl case against Saddam Hussein is not about...
Brazil votes to keep gun sales legal in historic first referendum
Brazil, the country with the world's highest death rate from firearms , Sunday firmly rejected a ban on gun and ammunition sales in its first national referendum. Initial pre-referendum surveys had indicated a favorable view of the ban,...
In the wake of increased international pressure, a military court in Nepal has sentenced an army colonel and two captains to six months in jail for their involvement in the 2004 death of a 15-year old teenage girl accused...
Mexico prosecutor makes second bid to arrest ex-president for student massacre
Mexican prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo has made a second bid to arrest former Mexican president Luis Echeverria in connection with killings of student protesters, according to a statement made Monday by Echeverria's lawyer. Dozens of students and other...
An Iraqi taxi driver testifying Tuesday at a court-martial of seven British soldiers for the alleged murder of an Iraqi civilian said he was also beaten by the troops. Through translated testimony, Athar Finnijan Saddam told jurors...
Three UK soldiers will be brought to trial charged with war crimes against Iraqi detainees, the Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, announced Tuesday on behalf of the British Army Prosecuting Authority. Seven other British soldiers face...
