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Dubai: Interpol Wanted List for Mossad Assassination Suspects

INTERPOL is to join a Dubai-based international task force investigating the murder of Palestinian national and Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on 19 January 2010. At the request of UAE/Dubai authorities,…

March 17, 2010No CommentRead More

Sudan: International Criminal Court to Decide on Charging Sudanese President with Genocide

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, has reversed a decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber I not to issue an arrest warrant for the Sudanese…

February 4, 2010No CommentRead More

Counter Terrorism Laws are Creating Surveillance States

Big Brother is watching you – and checking your financial information, scanning your body and keeping your fingerprints on file. That’s just the bit you know about. A new report…

January 21, 2010No CommentRead More

Mongolia: President to end Death Penalty

On 14th January 2010, the Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj addressed the State Great Khural and explained his opposition to the death penalty. All death sentences in Mongolia have to be…

January 15, 2010No CommentRead More

Caribbean Commonwealth Urged to Drop Right of Appeal to UK Privy Council

In 2001, twelve Caribbean countries signed a treaty to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice. Despite this, only Guyana and Barbados have adopted the CCJ as their court of appeal…

December 16, 2009No CommentRead More

Australia: Proposed Internet Censorship will Block “Unclassified” Websites

Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Steven Conroy, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation before the next General Election which would force ISPs in Australia to block…

December 16, 2009No CommentRead More

UK Media: Guardian Gagged from Publishing Public Record

The Guardian newspaper in the UK was yesterday gagged from reporting a matter of public record: a Parliamentary question which was made available online by Parliamentary publications. The question is…

October 13, 20094 CommentsRead More

Argentina: Supreme Court Rules it “Unconstitutional” to Punish Personal Marijuana Use

In a landmark decision, the Argentinian Supreme Court has ruled that it is ‘unconstitutional’ to punish those who use the drug cannabis. The decision was reached following a case where…

August 26, 2009No CommentRead More

UK Crime: Hero Saves London Gumtree Buyer Stabbed in Heart

A 42 year old man received open heart surgery in July after he was stabbed in East London by a group who posed as car sellers on popular free classified…

August 26, 2009No CommentRead More

Irish Supreme Court: Journalists Win Muted Victory on Protection of Sources

Today the Irish Supreme Court gave judgement on case concerning the publication of confidential material from an inquiry into the former Taoiseach’s accounts. Mr Justice Nial Fennelly found in favour…

July 31, 2009No CommentRead More