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Search Results for: 2000-05-02

London court denies bail for Muslim cleric held since 2002

July 31, 2012 02:19:25 PM

The UK High Court in London on Monday denied an application for bail by Muslim cleric Abu Qatada . Qatada had challenged a previous ruling that had denied him bail on...

May 16, 2012 02:07:43 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday awarded victims' families over $300 million dollars in damages from the governments of Syria and Iran for their roles in an...

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Serbia arrests Albanians for war crimes

May 5, 2012 11:41:07 AM

Eight ethnic Albanians were arrested on Friday, five on charges of war crimes committed during the conflicts in southern Serbia in 2001. Interior Minister Iva Dacic assured the public, at a press conference , that the...

February 15, 2012 12:59:41 PM

A military judge on Tuesday denied the request of suspected USS Cole bomber and Guantanamo inmate Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to question Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as a witness in his case....

February 2, 2012 11:58:08 AM

Lawyers for a suspect in the USS Cole bombing being held at Guantanamo Bay filed a motion Tuesday with the military commission overseeing detainee cases seeking to subpoena the president of Yemen for questioning. Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda senior...

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Fiji to lift state of emergency laws

January 2, 2012 01:14:16 PM

Fiji's military ruler, Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama announced Sunday that the nation's state of emergency laws will be lifted this week to facilitate a nationwide consultation process for a new constitution. The announcement was cautiously...

November 10, 2011 10:27:14 AM

Alleged al Qaeda senior leader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri made his first court appearance Wednesday, his first public appearance since he was captured in Dubai in 2002. Nashiri is charged with war crimes [NYT...

November 3, 2011 10:58:41 AM

US prosecutors argued Wednesday that even if suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is acquitted by a military tribunal, the US government has the authority to detain him ...

October 25, 2011 07:42:03 PM

The lawyer for suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri has filed a challenge to the method in which Guantanamo Bay military tribunals are conducted. Navy...

September 23, 2011 09:23:43 AM

The Uganda Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel Thomas Kwoyelo is entitled to amnesty under the country's Amnesty Act of 2000 . Kwoyelo was charged in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation

On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression. Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the US Library of Congress.

U.K. repeals prohibition on non-conformists at its universities

On June 16, 1871, the United Kingdom passed the University Tests Act, repealing a prohibition on non-conformists at the British Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham. The Tests Acts were a series of laws that started in 1673 and eventually required officeholders, university students, civil servants and other persons associated with the government to swear allegiance to the Anglican Church. The Tests Act was repealed by the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, but the university policy lasted until 1871.