US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled Wednesday that military commission proceedings against Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can proceed, denying a defense motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction....
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The Bush administration is abandoning a plan to give political appointees in the Defense Department a role in the promotion of military lawyers working as members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, the...
The legal advisor to the Convening Authority for Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, US Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W.Hartmann , Wednesday denied accusations by former Guantanamo Bay chief military prosecutor Col. Morris Davis [official profile,...
A judge in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday found alleged Real IRA member Sean Gerard Hoey not guilty of murder in relation to the 1998 Omagh bombing , the worst terrorist attack in Northern...
Three former UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay who were released from US custody Wednesday and then detained by UK authorities the same day on their arrival home were released from UK custody Thursday. Libyan...
The US Senate passed the Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007 Wednesday, a bill that would impose new economic sanctions and travel restrictions on leaders from Myanmar . The bill is...
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against "defamation of religion," expressing concern about laws that have led to religions discrimination and profiling since Sept. 11. The resolution urges all:States to provide, within their respective...
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey sent a memo to top Justice Department staff Wednesday advising them of a shift in DOJ policy that will limit who can discuss ongoing investigations with the White House....
A Chinese court has sentenced former prosecutor Li Baojin to death after convicting him Wednesday of accepting bribes and embezzling money. Li was found guilty of accepting $760,000 in bribes over a 10-year period while he worked as chief...
Cambodia has lodged a formal complaint with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon over a UN official's comments earlier this month criticizing Cambodia's human rights record, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. Speaking at a rally in Phnom Penh to...
