US embassy attack: 94 Tunisians to face trial
September 21st, 2012 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Tunis, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 94 people arrested for their involvement in an attack on the US embassy here in the capital of Tunisia will be tried in a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ben Ali’s former advisor held in Tunis
September 4th, 2012 - 7:29 am ICT by IANS
Tunis, Sep 4 (IANS) A former advisor and personal secretary of toppled Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was arrested Monday in Tunis, a media report said.According to Shems ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Tunisian military court sentences Ben Ali in absentia
July 19th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tunis, July 19 (IANS) A Tunisian military court has sentenced former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to a second life term in absentia for complicity in the killing of ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bangladesh mass sentencing condemned
June 19th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 19 (IANS) The prosecution teams conducting the mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) must immediately stop the trials, Human Rights Watch said ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Tunisia’s Ben Ali sentenced to 20 more years in jail
June 14th, 2012 - 7:39 am ICT by IANS
Tunis, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A military court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to 20 years in jail in absentia on charges, including "incitement ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Libya jails foreign mercenaries for helping Gaddafi
June 4th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Libyan military court Monday handed long prison terms to a group of Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians accused of serving as mercenaries for slain leader ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
9/11 Pakistani mastermind, 4 others sent for trial
April 5th, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 5 (IANS) The United States has formally sent to trial Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged Pakistani mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks, along with four other suspected Al Qaeda militants ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Egyptian court clears doctor of virginity test charges
March 12th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 12 (IANS) An Egyptian military court Sunday acquitted an army doctor of charges of forcing a virginity test on a female detainee last year, official MENA news agency ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Review Pakistani Army Act: Daily
February 27th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Noting that "basic civil liberties need to be protected", a leading Pakistani daily has sought a fresh look at the Pakistan Army Act.An editorial in Dawn ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Egypt’s ruling military pardons nearly 2,000 detainees
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 22 (IANS) Egypt's ruling military council has approved the release of a total of 1,959 people detained in military prisons, state media reported.The move was approved by military ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Gaddafi’s family to sue NATO
October 26th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Relatives of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will sue NATO in the International Military Court in The Hague for war crime charges, Gaddafi's family lawyer ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
178 terrorism cases in US ended in convictions since 9/11 (To go with 9/11 accused has gone to the gallows)
September 10th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Of the 196 among 345 terrorism cases brought to US courts since the 9/11 attacks, 178 have ended in convictions.# Nearly 3,000 held on terrorism charges ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Russia major jailed for beating soldiers
September 10th, 2011 - 5:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian army major has been sentenced to four years in prison for beating a warrant officer and a soldier.A military court in Vladivostok also ... Read more...
Posted in World |
One sentenced to death for Pakistan attack
August 13th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) One man was sentenced to death and four were given life sentences Saturday for a 2009 attack on the Pakistan Army headquarters that left 23 people ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Indonesian soldiers charged with torture after killing civilian
July 21st, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by BNO News
JAYAPURA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Three Indonesian soldiers were indicted for killing a civilian in the province of Papua, which made international headlines after a torture video was made available on the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Citing India, right to appeal sought in Pakistan
July 19th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Two former soldiers and four civilians sentenced to death for trying to assassinate then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf have moved the Supreme Court, asking it ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Prisoner released from Pakistan jail seeks relief
July 16th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Gopal Dass, an Indian who spent 28 years in a Pakistani jail, Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the government to compensate ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Mexican soldiers held for torture, killing of civilians
July 7th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Two non-commissioned army officers have been arrested and handed over to a military judge on charges that they murdered a civilian and tortured a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Former Russian spy sentenced 25 years for helping U.S.
June 28th, 2011 - 7:05 am ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- A former Russian spy who helped U.S. authorities was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison by a Russian military court, local media reported.Alexander Poteyev, who ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
UN chief deeply concerned over Bahrain protesters’ sentencing
June 24th, 2011 - 4:52 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, June 24 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern about the sentencing of Bahrainis who were involved in anti-government protests earlier this year, Xinhua reported Friday.UN ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Jordanian King orders release of detained journalist
June 1st, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by BNO News
AMMAN, JORDAN (BNO NEWS) -- Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday ordered the release of Jordanian journalist Ala'a Fazza', who was arrested earlier today, Ammon News reported.The king ordered the journalist's release ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Karachi base attack: Ex-naval commando, brother held
May 31st, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, May 31 (IANS) A former naval commando and his brother have been detained here for the terror attack at a key naval base in Karachi, a media report said.The ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nine jailed for kidnapping policeman in Bahrain
May 19th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, May 19 (IANS) A military court in Bahrain Thursday sentenced nine people to 20 years in prison after they were convicted for kidnapping a policeman, Xinhua quoted Bahrain News ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Four sentenced to death in Bahrain for killing policemen during protests
April 29th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Apr 29 (ANI): A Bahrain military court has sentenced four men to death for allegedly killing two policemen in Manama last month.The National Safety Lower Court said that Ali Abdullah Hassan ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Obama will have to sign 9/11 suspect Sheikh’s death warrant if military court says so
April 6th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 6 (ANI): US President Barack Obama will have to personally sign the death warrant for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed if the military tribunal he's going to face sentences ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Former Minister of Home Affairs arrested for corruption in Indonesia
March 25th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hari Sabarno, former Minister of Home Affairs, on Friday was arrested for his involvement in a corruption case, the Antara news agency reported.The detention was ordered by ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Ziaur Rahman ‘passively involved’ in Mujib murder: US scribe
March 15th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 15 (IANS) US journalist and writer Lawrence Lifschultz has alleged that Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in "a plot" in August 1975 in which ... Read more...
Posted in World |
US scribe to depose on Dhaka trial he covered 35 years ago
March 14th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 14 (IANS) Veteran American journalist and writer Lawrence Lifschultz will depose before Dhaka High Court about a military court trial that he reported in 1976 before being expelled ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Musharraf’s plea for shifting 2003 suicide attacks case to military court rejected
February 26th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Feb 26(ANI): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan has dismissed an appeal for shifting the case of suicide attacks on former president Pervez Musharraf to a military court.Musharraf's counsel had ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Army Birther Lt Col Terrence Lakin Sentenced
December 17th, 2010 - 11:33 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A military court has sentence Army birther Lt Col Terrence Lakin. Lakin is the seventeen year Army veteran who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he does ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Army ‘birther’ doctor Terrence Lakin sentenced to six months behind bars
December 17th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Fort Meade, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A military court has sentenced an 18-year Army veteran, Lt. Col. Terry Lakin to six months in prison for disobeying a direct order from the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Army “Birther” Lt Col Terrence Lakin Pleads Guilty to 1 Charge
December 15th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Dec 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lt Col Terrence Lakin is a seventeen year military veteran, an Army doctor who refused to deploy to Afghanistan where he was ordered, because he felt that President ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Lebanese authorities arrest Islamist hate cleric Omar Bakri following life sentence
November 15th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Beirut, Nov 15 (ANI): A radical Islamist preacher Omar Bakri was arrested on Sunday following a violent stand-off with security forces in Lebanon, days after boasting that he would not spend a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hate cleric warns of attack after life sentence
November 13th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) Syrian-born hate preacher Omar Bakri, who praised the 9/11 killers as "the magnificent 19", is in hiding after he was sentenced to life in jail for helping to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Omar Bakri Mohammad convicted on terrorism charges
November 12th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beirut, Nov 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Omar Bakri Mohammad - the radical Muslim with a Lebanese and Syrian descent has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia by military court in Lebanon. ... Read more...
Posted in World |