USDA reaches multi-million dollar settlement with Native American farmers
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced a settlement in a class action discrimination lawsuit filed against the USDA in 1999 by Native American farmers. Under the...
Serbia appeals court overturns war crimes conviction of Bosnia officer
The Belgrade Appeals Court on Monday overturned the war crimes conviction of former Bosnian officer Ilija Jurisic and ordered a retrial. The court reasoned that September 2009 proceedings in the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District...
Serbia war crimes court sentences ex-paramilitary officer over Kosovo war killings
The War Crimes Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade on Wednesday sentenced former paramilitary officer Zeljko Djukic to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the deaths of 14 civilians in March 1999 during...
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...
Noriega asks Supreme Court to reconsider blocking extradition to France
Lawyers for former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega filed a petition with the US Supreme Court Friday seeking to block his extradition to France. Noriega is relying on the dissenting...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday that the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) does not support treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf , making the requisite consensus resolution...
Sweden high court rules government may extradite Rwandan Hutu
The Supreme Court of Sweden ruled Tuesday that the Swedish government would have the final authority on granting extradition of an alleged Rwandan war criminal. The Republic of Rwanda requested extradition...
Serbia war crimes court convicts ex-police of killing civilians in Kosovo war
Four former Serbian policemen were convicted Thursday of the killing of 48 Albanian civilians in Suva Reka during the war in Kosovo in 1999. Their trial in a Serbian war crimes court began in...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld Wednesday a lower court decision denying the habeas corpus petition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega and authorizing his...
