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News UN torture investigator calls on Obama to charge Bush for Guantanamo abuses
UN torture investigator calls on Obama to charge Bush for Guantanamo abuses
Ximena Marinero
January 21, 2009 08:31:00 am

US President Barack Obama has an obligation to bring charges against former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for ordering illegal interrogation methods at Guantanamo...

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News Obama directs prosecutors to seek Guantanamo military commissions delay
Obama directs prosecutors to seek Guantanamo military commissions delay
Lucas Tanglen
January 21, 2009 08:05:00 am

US President Barack Obama on his first day in office Tuesday directed military prosecutors to pursue a 120-day continuance in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay against five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators [DOD...

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News Cambodia genocide court to encourage victims to come forward
Cambodia genocide court to encourage victims to come forward
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 20, 2009 05:10:00 pm

A spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday a large-scale media campaign to encourage more victims to come forward and participate in the trial of Khmer Rouge [BBC...

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News Rwanda ex-justice minister sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges
Rwanda ex-justice minister sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges
Andrew Morgan
January 20, 2009 03:57:00 pm

A court in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Tuesday sentenced former justice minister Agnes Ntamabyariro to life in prison for inciting violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . The Court of First Instance of Nyarugenge found [BBC...

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News Rights group accuses Israel of war crimes through white phosphorous use
Rights group accuses Israel of war crimes through white phosphorous use
Safiya Boucaud
January 20, 2009 03:21:00 pm

A fact finding team for human rights group Amnesty International (AI) on Monday accused Israel of war crimes , citing the use of white phosphorous in the midst of a dense civilian population. White...

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News Obama pledges loyalty to ‘rule of law’ in inaugural address
Obama pledges loyalty to ‘rule of law’ in inaugural address
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 20, 2009 03:09:00 pm

Delivering his inaugural address Tuesday in Washington DC shortly after taking the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama insisted that his administration would pursue US national interests without...

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News Khadr admitted throwing grenade that killed soldier: US interrogator
Khadr admitted throwing grenade that killed soldier: US interrogator
Jake Oresick
January 20, 2009 12:34:00 pm

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr admitted throwing a hand grenade that killed a US soldier in Afghanistan, according to the pre-trial testimony Monday of an American intelligence official. The official, identified as Interrogator 11,...

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News Bush commutes sentences of former border patrol agents in last act of clemency
Bush commutes sentences of former border patrol agents in last act of clemency
Safiya Boucaud
January 20, 2009 11:20:00 am

In one of his final acts as President of the United States, George W. Bush on Monday commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents convicted of the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. The...

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News Federal court rules Cheney has discretion over preservation of records
Federal court rules Cheney has discretion over preservation of records
Jay Carmella
January 20, 2009 09:01:00 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment on Monday in favor of Vice President Dick Cheney , giving Cheney broad discretion over which vice presidential records...

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News Russia human rights lawyer murdered
Russia human rights lawyer murdered
Jay Carmella
January 20, 2009 07:49:00 am

Prominent Russian human rights lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, was shot dead by a masked gunman in Moscow on Monday. Markelov, known for his work on high profile human rights cases including representing journalist Anna Politkovskaya ,...

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ICTY indictes former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević

On May 27, 1999, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Slobodan Milošević for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Learn more about the trial of Slobodan Milošević from the ICTY.

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