ICTR prisoners launch hunger strike to protest Rwanda case transfers
Approximately 40 inmates in a Tanzania prison awaiting trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began a hunger strike Monday to protest the planned transfer of three ICTR cases to the national courts of Rwanda....
Rwandan prosecutors have called for Canada to extradite five suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide , according to Friday media reports. The five, who all appear on Rwanda's most-wanted list and whom Rwandan officials described...
Executions worldwide up, countries with death penalty down: report
The number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 while the number of countries that employ capital punishment decreased, according to a report released Thursday by the Rome-based anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain ....
Rwanda signs extradition treaties after abolishing death penalty
Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama said Thursday that Rwanda has signed extradition treaties with countries in Africa, Europe, and North America following its abolition of the death penalty in July. The law ending the death penalty, which...
Italian judge drops some tax fraud charges against Berlusconi
An Italian judge has thrown out some tax fraud and false accounting charges against former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi because the statute of limitations has expired. Berlusconi and co-defendant David Mills ...
Italy appeals court denies Berlusconi bid to remove judge in tax fraud trial
An Italian appeals court Friday denied the request of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to remove the judge presiding over his tax fraud trial. Berlusconi and co-defendant David Mills had asked that...
An Italian court on Monday ordered former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British corporate lawyer David Mills to face trial on corruption charges. According to Italian media reports, Mills in 1997...
An Italian judge ruled Friday that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should stand trial in November on alleged embezzlement, false accounting, tax fraud and money laundering charges in connection with a TV rights...
Bush names former senator Thompson to help guide court nominee
President Bush Wednesday named former Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) as an "informal adviser" to help guide his future Supreme Court nomination through the Senate. Thompson, perhaps better known for his acting career , was...
