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Military jury acquits Marine of all charges in Fallujah detainee killing
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 1:06pm MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] A jury of US Marines acquitted Sgt. Ryan Weemer [JURIST news archive] Thursday of one count of murder and one count of dereliction of duty for his involvement in the shooting death of a detained Iraqi insurgent during a Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-Iraq) [official website] November 2004 offensive in Fallujah [JURIST news archive]. Weemer's defense lawyers argued that he acted in -
North Korea to revise constitution
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 12:29pm MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] Officials in North Korea [JURIST news archive] announced Thursday that the country would revise its constitution [text]. The announcement came during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) [Reuters backgrounder] attended by the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il. According to the North Korean state media outlet Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) [media website], the measure to " -
France parliament defeats controversial anti-piracy legislation
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 11:52am MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] The French National Assembly [official website, in French] on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill [materials, in French] that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won preliminary parliamentary approval [JURIST report] last week, any internet user tagged by an ISP as downloading the -
Fiji appeals court declares post-coup military government illegal
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 11:13am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The Court of Appeal of Fiji ruled Thursday that the country's appointment of a military government following a 2006 coup [JURIST report] was unconstitutional and must be replaced immediately by an interim prime minister until democratic elections can be held. Ousted Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] brought the challenge against a November High -
UK explores granting prisoners voting rights based on sentence length
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 10:56am MSD by Devin Montgomery
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[JURIST] The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [official website] on Wednesday began the second stage of a consultation [text, PDF; press release] on giving certain prisoners the right to vote based on the length of their prison terms, seeking public input on what the maximum allowable term should be. The UK has long banned prisoners from voting [statute text] in elections, but the European Court of -
Europe rights court holds Russia liable for for Chechen abductions
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:53am MSD by Benjamin Hackman
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[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] on Thursday issued rulings [press release] in four cases ordering Russia to pay a total of €282,000 to compensate six families who claimed government agents abducted their Chechen relatives between 2001 and 2003. In three of the four cases, Dokayev and Others v. Russia, Dzhabrailova v. Russia, and Malsagova and Others v. Russia -
Lebanon judge begins transfer of Hariri case to new UN tribunal
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:07am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A Lebanese judge on Wednesday ordered the transfer of documents related to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri [JURIST news archive] to a UN tribunal created to investigate and try suspects in the killing. Judge Sakr Sakr's order [AFP report] comes in response to a request [order, PDF; JURIST report] issued last month by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon ( -
South Africa congressional leader Zuma calls for review of high court's authority
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:13am MSD by Devin Montgomery
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[JURIST] South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) [official website] leader Jacob Zuma [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday called on the Judicial Service Commission [governing statute text] to conduct a review of the country's Constitutional Court [official website], saying the court has too much power and had abused its authority. Zuma also criticized the country's judiciary -
Federal judge denies motion to dismiss apartheid lawsuits against US companies
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:01am MSD by Steve Czajkowski
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[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) [official website] on Wednesday denied [opinion, PDF] in part a motion to dismiss lawsuits against some companies accused of assisting South Africa's apartheid-era [JURIST news archive] government can go forward. The lawsuit, brought by a class of thousands of South African plaintiffs against several companies -
UN, Cambodia officials fail to agree on genocide tribunal corruption monitoring
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 6:48am MSD by Steve Czajkowski
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[JURIST] UN and Cambodian officials failed to reach an agreement Wednesday on a system for monitoring corruption issues in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website]. UN assistant secretary-general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen presented a proposal [UN News Centre report] to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An [official profile], but no agreement has -
Eleventh Circuit upholds Noriega extradition to France
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 4:17am MSD by Ximena Marinero
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website] upheld [text, PDF] Wednesday a lower court decision denying the habeas corpus petition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] and authorizing his extradition to France. The court held that Noriega was precluded from invoking the Geneva Convention [text] as a source of