Lawyers for ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra challenged the Thai government's decision to seize $2.2 billion of Thaksin's assets during a hearing Wednesday before Thailand's Supreme Court Criminal Division for Political Office Holders....
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Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, passed by the US Senate July 16, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has...
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor reiterated her commitment to applying the law fairly to the facts of each case as members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded their...
Detainees held at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan have refused prison privileges to protest their detention, according to Thursday reports. Since early July, hundreds of Bagram detainees have refused...
The French National Assembly on Wednesday approved 282-238 a bill that would relax the country's restrictions on Sunday commercial activities. If passed by the Senate next week, the bill would alter a...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) stated on Wednesday that they do not oppose a motion to suppress the allegedly torture-induced confession of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad . Jawad's...
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday sought to delay the trials of three suspected terrorists while the US government revises the military commission system used to try them. At the second day...
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was criticized by the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) Wednesday for its role in interrogating Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . The committee reported...
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday received and reviewed a sealed envelope listing the names of those believed to be responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya in...
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Tuesday released the frozen assets of former Zaire leader Mobutu Sese Seko . The court ruled that the approximately 7.7 million Swiss francs stored in...
