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Search Results for: 2007-12-11

Turkish foreign minister backs changing state slander penal code provision

January 25, 2007 11:46:00 AM

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has called for change to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which makes "insulting the Turkish identity" a crime. Gul, who last December...

January 25, 2007 07:58:00 AM

Sentencing proceedings in the case against Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan were postponed until February 12 Thursday after lawyers for the survivors of Ramadan's crimes failed to show up in court. The lawyers...

January 24, 2007 06:48:00 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will rule January 29 on whether war crimes charges will be confirmed against Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga [JURIST news archive;...

January 23, 2007 07:47:00 AM

The city council of Farmers Branch, Texas Monday unanimously approved revisions to a city ordinance requiring apartment renters to show proof of US residency and penalizing landlords who rent to illegal immigrants . The original...

January 22, 2007 03:31:00 PM

A lawyer for Saddam-era Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has filed an appeal with the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) arguing that the Tribunal's Appeals Chamber was not authorized to effectively direct...

January 21, 2007 03:05:00 PM

The United Nations will work with Nepali leaders to bring human rights violators to justice, according to a statement from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour . Arbour is on a six-day visit to the...

January 20, 2007 02:06:00 PM

A Moroccan criminal appeal court Friday acquitted five former Guantanamo Bay detainees of terrorism charges related to the men's connection with Salafia Jihadia and unrelated to their detention at Guantanamo Bay, where three of...

January 20, 2007 11:42:00 AM

The US Supreme Court Friday declined to consider whether the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University can delay implementing Proposal 2 , an amendment to the Michigan...

January 18, 2007 07:51:00 AM

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he is concerned about the status of ongoing discussions between the UN and Lebanon on the proposed UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former...

January 17, 2007 02:49:00 PM

Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be sentenced to death at a hearing before the Iraqi High Tribunal now scheduled for January 25, according to a court spokesperson speaking to the press...

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