Syria announced on Friday that insurgents who have revolted against the government of president Bashar al-Assad may qualify for amnesty if they turn themselves into authorities by next Saturday, November 12. This plea follows what have been some of the deadliest clashes of a movement that began in Syria last March , and have left [...]

The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor , on Thursday opened the first meeting of the state’s death panel review committee by reiterating that the purpose of the committee is not to question whether Ohio should have the death penalty , but rather to provide “guidance on the current laws on the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Bangladesh to stop the harassment of defense counsel and witnesses to preserve legitimacy of the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) . HRW pointed to reports that defense counsel and witnesses have been threatened with violence and arrest in order to impede them from participating in the trials. [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear the government’s appeal in the extradition of accused al Qaeda arms supplier Abdullah Khadr, bringing to a close efforts to extradite him to the US. The appeal was brought by Canada’s attorney general on behalf of the US government which sought to extradite Khadr to [...]

All war crimes allegations against NATO, opposition and pro-Gaddafi forces committed during the recent conflict will be investigated “impartially and independently” according to a statement Wednesday by the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo . In his statement to the UN Security Council , Ocampo gave an update on the events in [...]

A trial observer appointed by a coalition of human rights groups said Thursday that the trial of five pro-democracy activists charged with publicly insulting United Arab Emirates (UAE) leaders has been “grossly unfair” and “has no basis in international law as it violates their freedom of expression.” The five men, who have been detained since [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss a suit by Sprint to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA . AT&T and T-Mobile argued that Sprint failed to properly allege that the merger would cause it “antitrust injury,” thus it lacked standing [...]

The corruption and war profiteering trial of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader proceeded in Zagreb on Thursday with Sanader pleading not guilty to charges that he accepted a bribe in 1995. Sanader stands accused of corruption, abuse of power and fraud for taking nearly €4 million from public firms and state institutions, charges which [...]

North Dakota Wednesday filed suit in US District Court for the District of Minnesota against Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson and other state officials over Minnesota’s restrictions on emissions from out-of-state electricity generation. North Dakota’s lawsuit against its neighbor state seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against provisions of Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday threw out a fine levied by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against CBS. The $550,000 fine was issued as a result of the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the halftime show of the 2004 Super Bowl. The Third Circuit issued a similar ruling on [...]