The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) presented a report to the Australian Parliament Wednesday recommending that references to the term "sedition" in the new Australian anti-terrorism laws be removed. The ALRC report presents the group's conclusions after a five-month inquiry. ALRC President David Weisbrot said that continued use of the word is misleading because the [...]

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Munqidh Al Faraun, the chief prosecutor in the Saddam Hussein trial requested Wednesday that presiding judge Abdullah al-Amiri remove himself from the case for reasons of bias, specifically, for allowing defense lawyers to make politically-charged statements in court. Al-Amiri was named trial judge in August of the second Hussein trial , this one involving the [...]

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