Search Results for: 2009-11-19

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Algeria . Hassan Zumiri had spent more than seven years in the Guantanamo detention center, while...

Slovakia's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that the government will accept three inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The ministry stated that this was a "gesture of solidarity" in support of President...

A Spanish foreign ministry official confirmed Monday that Spain will be accepting two detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay . One of the detainees is said to be of Yemeni origin, while the nationality...

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 11 men to death for the August 19 bombing of the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad that left close to 100 dead. The 11 men were found guilty ...

The New Jersey Senate voted 20-14 Thursday to defeat a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state. The Senate Judiciary Committee had voted 7-6 in favor of the bill [JURIST...

Sarah Cook : "When Chinese democracy activist and author Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison last week, many around the world appeared stunned by the length of his sentence and...

An Argentine court on Tuesday sentenced former judge Victor Brusa to 21 years in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . The Federal Court of Santa Fe found Brusa guilty...

The Constitutional Court of Turkey voted Friday to ban the Democratic Society Party (DTP) after finding the party to have been cooperating with the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) , a separatist, designated terrorist group....

Supporters of a New Jersey same-sex marriage bill decided Wednesday night to delay a State Senate vote scheduled for Thursday. The bill's sponsors, Democratic senators Raymond Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg, withdrew the bill [NYT...

A judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday reduced the sentences of two men convicted of spying for Cuba as part of the so-called "Cuban Five" . Judge...