Search Results for: 2008-08-04

JURIST Guest Columnist Fred K. Nkusi of the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali and Mount Kenya University in Rwanda argues that the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide is a period of mourning for those lost as well...

A Malaysian court on Friday overturned the High Court's acquittal of Anwar Ibrahim , sentencing the opposition leader to five years in prison for sodomizing a male aide in 2008. This conviction makes...

Saudi Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ahmed Muhammed Haza al Darbi on Thursday pleaded guilty to involvement in terrorism-related activities, including the 2002 al Qaeda plot to blow up oil tankers near Yemen....

Spain's Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that will diminish the powers of Spanish courts to pursue cases of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed abroad. The bill ...

Reid Murdoch, University of Michigan Law School

The Pakistan Supreme Court dismissed former military leader Pervez Musharraf's petition on Thursday to review its 2009 verdict declaring the 2007 imposed emergency as unconstitutional. The 14 justices, led by Chief...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a deal on Wednesday between the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and JPMorgan Chase [corporate...

The Islamabad Special Court on Thursday ordered the former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf to appear at a hearing on January 16 despite his lawyers' position that he is too sick to attend. According to...

The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with JP Morgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday, which stipulates the bank will pay $1.7 billion...

The Islamabad Special Court trying former president Pervez Musharraf on Monday granted Musharraf an exemption from personal appearance due to health issues, but has instructed authorities at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)...