Jury selection began Tuesday in the the trial of a former US Marine who faces voluntary manslaughter charges for alleged involvement in the deaths of four Iraqi civilians in 2004. Sergeant Jose Nazario cannot face trial by court-martial...
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Hearing postponed for US soldier charged in death of Iraqi detainee
The US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-Iraq) announced Saturday that the first hearing of a US soldier charged in connection with the death of an Iraqi detainee will begin on September 5 . Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner,...
Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Officials of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) said Sunday that the government has sentenced five of its members to prison for participating in a march commemorating the mass student protests against the junta...
US Homeland Security to settle suit alleging naturalization delays
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday reached a settlement agreement in a federal class action suit brought by two pro-immigration advocacy groups seeking to force the government to rule on the naturalization...
The US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq announced Saturday that it has charged two US soldiers with premeditated murder, assault, making a false official statement and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of an Iraqi detainee....
Myanmar signs ASEAN charter despite criticism of rights record
Myanmar signed on to a new Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) charter Monday, despite other ASEAN members' criticism of the country's human rights record and continued detention of opposition leader Aung San...
Former HP executive pleads guilty to revealing IBM trade secrets
A former vice president for Hewlett Packard (HP) pleaded guilty Friday to one count of theft of trade secrets for giving HP protected information he obtained while working for IBM [corporate...
Arab activist Sami Al-Arian was granted bail Thursday by a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , but it is speculated that he might be detained by...
Myanmar opposition members sentenced to year in prison for constitution protest
Four members of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) have been jailed for a year for having campaigned against the country's then-draft constitution , according to NLD spokesperson Nyan Win as quoted by AP. Win said Friday...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...