The district court in The Hague Monday began hearing the first civil action against the Dutch State for the actions of its peacekeeping troops during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The...
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Dutch court hears Srebrenica refugee lawsuit against Netherlands
ICC ‘reluctantly’ stays trial of Congo ex-militia leader
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Federal judge dismisses suit seeking White House e-mails
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UK Law Lords hear appeal of alleged hacker set for extradition to US
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Many Guantanamo, Bagram detainees have no links to terror: McClatchy report
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Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity, veteran benefits, prison damages cases
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Australia court orders new trial after first terror finance prosecution
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Singapore charges US blogger for insulting judge
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Bangladesh to free prisoners early to reduce overcrowding
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Supreme Court rules in bankruptcy tax exemption, immigration cases
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday announced it has imposed an indefinite stay on the war crimes trial of Congolese ex-militia leader Thomas Lubanga . The court said it may...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) seeking access to e-mail records from the...
A man accused of hacking US government computers in 2001 and 2002 appealed to the judicial panel of the UK House of Lords Monday, arguing that his extradition to the US would violate his...
Dozens of accused terror detainees held in US military prisons actually have no ties to terrorism, according to an investigative report published Sunday by McClatchy Newspapers . McClatchy reporters found that many of the 66 former terror detainees...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear three cases , including Ashcroft v. Iqbal, et al. (07-1015) , in which the Court will consider whether high-ranking US...
The Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal Monday upheld a December 2006 decision ordering a retrial of suspected terrorist Joseph Thomas , nicknamed "Jihad Jack" by the popular media. Thomas'...
A Singapore court Monday charged a US citizen and former Singapore lawyer with insulting a public servant after he published critical comments about a judge on his blog. California-based Gopalan Nair was arrested last week after accusing...
The government of Bangladesh plans to release certain inmates who have served half their prison sentences in order to reduce the country's overcrowded prison populations, Bangladeshi officials said Monday. The prisoner release plan comes...
The US Supreme Court handed down two decisions Monday, including Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias , in which the Court ruled that a federal bankruptcy code provision [11...
