Search Results for: 1998-04-07

Italian judges announced Friday that the corruption trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resume on December 4. The trial had been temporarily halted after the...

President of Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini said Tuesday that he would support legislation to limit the length of trials in the country. The reforms were proposed by...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial for corruption charges on November 27, according to court officials Saturday. The trial date follows a decision by the Italian Constitutional Court [official...

The Italian Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down the 2008 law granting immunity from prosecution to the four highest officials of the country, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [official profile,...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday reversed the contempt conviction of Astrit Haraqija and affirmed the conviction of Bajrush Morina for interfering with...

Bangladesh should improve their war crimes laws to bring justice to victims of the 1971 War of Independence from Pakistan, Human Rights Watch urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday. The rights...

Mongolia Democratic Party  presidential candidate Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj  on Monday defeated current president Nambar Enkhbayar in the country's general election. Educated in the US, Elbegborj ran on a platform of fighting corruption  and redistributing profits...

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...

A Malaysian court on Wednesday set a September 24 hearing date for arguments over approval of an application to transfer of sodomy charges against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to...

A bill introduced in the Malaysian parliament on Monday would require all criminal suspects to submit DNA samples, a measure that has been tied to to the ongoing investigation into sodomy charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim...