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Sri Lanka cabinet approves constitutional changes to remove presidential term limits
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:09pm MSD
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[JURIST] The Sri Lankan cabinet on Monday approved proposed constitutional reforms [press release] that would permit current President Mahinda Rajapaksa [official website] to seek an unlimited number of terms in office. The current number of terms for the executive, codified within Chapter VII of the Sri Lankan Constitution [materials], is limited to two. The proposed amendment now moves to the legislature, where two-thirds of Parliament [official website] will have to approve the change. The amendment is scheduled to be presented in Parliament [press release, text] on September 8, and it is widely believed that Rajapaksa enjoys enough support [Xinhua report]... -
Congo rebel leader Bemba claims lack of funds precludes fair trial
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:07pm MSD
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[JURIST] Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive] argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Monday that Bemba lacks the financial resources to ensure a fair trial over war crimes he allegedly committed in 2002 and 2003. Bemba's lawyers claim [AP report] that prosecutors have seized all of Bemba's assets and that a loan from the court's registry is insufficient to cover legal fees and other costs. The court refused to declare Bemba indigent, which would have forced the court to fund Bemba's defense. Prosecutors hope to... -
Forthcoming UN DRC report suggests genocide by Rwanda forces
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:57pm MSD
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[JURIST] A forthcoming UN report claims that troops from Rwanda and allied rebels committed crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archives] that could be classified as genocide if proven by the appropriate court, according to media reports. The draft report, first publicized by French newspaper Le Monde [media website, in French] last week, documents the extreme violence in the DRC from 1993-2003, alleging that tens of thousands of Hutus were killed by Rwandan troops [Le Monde report, in French] during the Congo civil war [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive],... -
Arizona governor asks State Department to drop immigration law from UN rights report
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:28pm MSD
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[JURIST] Arizona Governor Jan Brewer [official website] on Friday called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove any mention of Arizona [letter, PDF] and its passage of SB 1070 [JURIST news archive] from a human rights report [text, PDF; JURIST report] issued by the State Department. The report, submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] as part of a universal review, discussed the passage and current injunction of portions of SB 1070 within a section entitled, "A commitment to values in engagements across our borders." Brewer's sternly-worded letter called inclusion of any mention of SB... -
Iran prosecutor reportedly suspended over detainee deaths
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:52am MSD
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[JURIST] Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been named by multiple Iranian news sources as one of three top judicial officials who were suspended in connection with the torture deaths of three detained protesters, multiple Iranian media outlets reported [AFP report] Monday. The suspensions were announced last week [JURIST report], but the names of the officials had been withheld. According to the media reports, the other two officials are judges whose identities are still unknown. The suspension will strip Mortazavi of his judicial immunity and clear the way for his prosecution. An Iranian parliamentary inquiry had previously found that Mortazavi was... -
Annan questions Kenya's ICC commitment after al-Bashir visit
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:47am MSD
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[JURIST] Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Sunday urged Kenya to reaffirm its commitment [press release] to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] after it welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [case materials; JURIST news archive] to a celebration for the country's adoption of a new constitution [JURIST report] last week. In his statement, Annan expressed his "surprise" at the presence of al-Bashir and called on Kenya to reaffirm its cooperation with the ICC. In a statement [press release] released by Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website], the country defended its decision to extend... -
Microsoft appeals patent infringement case to Supreme Court
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 9:42am MSD
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[JURIST] Microsoft Corporation [corporate website; JURIST news archive] on Friday asked the US Supreme Court [official website] to reconsider a ruling [cert. petition, PDF] of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas [official website] finding that the company committed patent infringement [JURIST report] and awarding Canadian-based software company i4i [corporate website] $290 million dollars in damages. i4i alleged that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents it held on XML technology [i4i litigation database], which Microsoft used extensively in Microsoft Word 2007 and 2003 [Reuters report]. In addition to paying $290 million in damages, Microsoft was enjoined from selling... -
Federal appeals court upholds decision finding no link between vaccines and autism
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 8:15am MSD
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] on Friday affirmed [opinion, PDF] a decision issued last year by the US Court of Federal Claims [official website] finding insufficient evidence [JURIST report] to establish a link between childhood vaccines and autism in three test cases. The decision focused on the case of 15-year-old Michelle Cedillo, who received the MMR vaccine [NIH backgrounder] when she was 15 months old and was subsequently diagnosed with autism and various gastrointestinal disorders. Michelle's parents alleged that Thimerosal [FDA backgrounder], the mercury-based preservative found in Michelle's MMR vaccine, damaged her immune...