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News Russia rights activists warn new treason law raises Stalinist specter
Russia rights activists warn new treason law raises Stalinist specter
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 05:15:00 pm

Russian civil rights activists Wednesday issued a statement warning that a proposed law that would change the definition of treason would allow the government to arrest any government critic . The proposed legislation extends the definition...

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News ICTY convicts Kosovo political figures for interfering with Haradinaj witnesses
ICTY convicts Kosovo political figures for interfering with Haradinaj witnesses
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 04:41:00 pm

Two prominent Kosovar Albanians were found guilty of contempt Wednesday in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Former Kosovo minister for Culture, Youth and Sport Astrit Haraqija was sentenced...

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News Turkish court combines judge killing, coup cases
Turkish court combines judge killing, coup cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 03:23:00 pm

The Turkish Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a lawyer accused of killing a judge and merged the case with the trial of a right-wing group accused of plotting a coup. Alparslan Arslan was sentenced...

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News UN justice office urges more cooperation on  combating piracy
UN justice office urges more cooperation on combating piracy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 02:30:00 pm

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday called for greater judicial cooperation to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa said that while pirates...

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News Indonesia province postpones decision to implant HIV/AIDS patients with microchips
Indonesia province postpones decision to implant HIV/AIDS patients with microchips
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 01:52:00 pm

The legislature in the Papua province of Indonesia announced Tuesday that it will postpone a decision on whether to implant certain individuals infected with HIV/AIDS with microchips to monitor...

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News Iraq cabinet approves legislation for foreign troop withdrawal
Iraq cabinet approves legislation for foreign troop withdrawal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 11:38:00 am

The Iraqi cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation that would require most non-US foreign troops to leave Iraq by mid-2009. The legislation must now be submitted to the Iraqi parliament for approval. A government spokesperson said that...

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News SEC launching investigation of failure to act on Madoff fraud scheme
SEC launching investigation of failure to act on Madoff fraud scheme
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2008 08:35:00 am

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox on Tuesday said that he would launch an immediate investigation into how the fraud allegedly perpetrated by Bernard Madoff went undetected for so long....

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News US transfers three Algerian Guantanamo detainees to Bosnia
US transfers three Algerian Guantanamo detainees to Bosnia
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 16, 2008 04:47:00 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday announced that three Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to their adopted homeland of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The transfer follows a November ruling...

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News Pentagon appoints new chief judge for US military commissions
Pentagon appoints new chief judge for US military commissions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 16, 2008 02:51:00 pm

The Pentagon announced Monday that US Army Col. James Pohl , who presided over several court-martial proceedings resulting from the Abu Ghraib prison scandal , will be the new chief judge for the US military...

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News Israel high court orders re-routing of West Bank security barrier
Israel high court orders re-routing of West Bank security barrier
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 16, 2008 01:11:00 pm

The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the government must change the proposed route for its West Bank security barrier , finding that the current plan encroaches too much on Palestinian territory....

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On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

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