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Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 12:58pm MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] Alleged Mumbai terror attack [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] suspect Mohammed Ajmal Kasab pleaded not guilty Wednesday in an Indian court to 86 charges stemming from his participation in the November 2008 attack. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was formally charged [BBC report] at a special court in Mumbai in front of Judge M.L. Tahiliyani, where he denied any involvement in the -
Iran stays execution of men sentenced to death as teens: report
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 11:28am MSD by Andrew Gilmore
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[JURIST] Iranian authorities issued stays of execution [AFP report] Wednesday for two teens sentenced to death for crimes committed as juveniles. The two individuals facing the death penalty, Amir Khaleqi and Safar Angooti, were scheduled to be executed Wednesday morning after being convicted of murder committed while the were under the age of 18. Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] -
Maine governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 10:10am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] Maine Governor John Baldacci [official website] on Wednesday signed into law [press release] a bill [text] that will allow same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] to be performed in the state, making Maine the fifth state to allow same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, the Maine House of Representatives [official website] voted 89-57 in favor of the legislation, which followed last week's -
Spain judge seeks Guantanamo 'torture' prosecution plan from US
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 10:04am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A Spanish judge has said that he will ask the US if it plans to prosecute six US officials for allegedly contributing to torture at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST report] before deciding whether to open an investigation in Spain. Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain's Audiencia Nacional on Monday requested [text, TIFF, in Spanish] information from the US about potential charges against six former -
Zimbabwe court orders bail for rights activist Mukoko
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 9:29am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] A court in Zimbabwe [JURIST news archive] on Wednesday released on bail 15 human rights activists, including activist and journalist Jestina Mukoko [advocacy website, JURIST news archive], who had been ordered back into custody [JURIST report] Tuesday. Mukoko is the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) [advocacy website]. The indicted activists were accused of planning a coup -
Germany court rejects Demjanjuk bid to block extradition from US
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 8:28am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] A German court on Wednesday rejected an emergency suit filed by accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk [NNDB profile; JURIST news archive] seeking to block his deportation from the US. Demjanjuk faces deportation to Germany, where in March a Munich district court charged [JURIST report] him with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his alleged involvement at the Sobibor [Death -
US defense secretary considering sending Yemeni Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 7:35am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates [official profile] said Wednesday that the US is considering sending Yemeni Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation as part of the efforts to close the prison facility. Gates told reporters [Reuters report] in Saudi Arabia that while no official decisions have been made, he has been impressed with the -
Greece court invalidates first same-sex marriages performed in country
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 6:37am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] A Greek court ruled Tuesday that same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] performed in the country are invalid. Two same-sex couples were married last year [Reuters report] by a local mayor on a small Aegean island, as the 1982 Greek civil marriage law [text, PDF, in Greek; backgrounder] simply saying that marriages must be between two "persons" without specifying that one party must be -
ICTY increases sentence for officer convicted of Vukovar killings
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 5:06am MSD by Adrienne Lester
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[JURIST] The Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Tuesday increased the sentence [judgment, PDF; judgment summary, PDF] of Veselin Sljivancanin [BBC profile; ICTY materials] from five to 17 years. Sljivancanin was convicted of aiding and abetting the killings of over 200 Croatian prisoners of war near Vukovar [BBC