Julian Assange extradition hearing – live updates
• Crown says accusations against Assange are 'extraditable' • Arrest warrant shows a 'sufficient intent to prosecute' • Defence: all activity was 'in the context of consensual sex' • Read a summary of the hearing so far Julian Assange arrives at court. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images 5.30pm: Speaking outside court after the hearing, Assange said: For the past five-and-a-half months we have
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Uncertainty surrounded Julian Assange's legal future last night as the WikiLeaks founder agreed to meet British police to discuss allegations of sexual assault against him in Sweden. Assange was not arrested last night, but that remains a possibility after the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) received a European arrest warrant (EAW) from Sweden. Assange's lawyers said he had not been formally
Barack Obama under pressure over 9/11 terror trials
Leading Republicans have demanded that Barack Obama scrap plans to try the organisers of the 9/11 attacks in civilian courts after a New York jury acquitted an alleged terrorist of more than 200 murder charges over al-Qaida's bombing of US embassies in east Africa. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's conviction on the sole charge of conspiracy to destroy government property in the 1998 bombings has reignited
Khodorkovsky says fate of all Russia at stake in trial
The former oil tycoon was first arrested in 2003 on charges of tax evasion involving his company, Yukos Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has told a court in Moscow that the fate of all Russians rests on the outcome of his trial for embezzlement. He said no-one believed he would be acquitted of the latest charges, which could extend his jail term until 2017. The former head of the Yukos oil c
Cambodia's Perfect War Criminal | Stéphanie Giry
The July conviction of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch—the gaunt-faced, fever-eyed 68-year-old head of the Khmer Rouge’s leading torture center—by a special UN–Cambodian criminal court has been seen as a breakthrough in international justice. Years in the making, the trial was the first international criminal case brought against an official of the Pol Pot regime since a Vietnamese show trial
Rachel Corrie case: Israeli soldier in bulldozer 'did not see her'
The Israeli soldier at the controls of the bulldozer that crushed the pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie told a court today that the first time he saw her was when fellow protesters were already tending to her dying body in the dirt. Giving evidence for more than four hours in the civil case brought by Corrie's family against the state of Israel, the former soldier repeatedly insisted that had
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Quiet diplomacy, as it’s called, has served for years as the principle guiding US relations with China: the theory is that it is far better to engage the Chinese government quietly, behind the scenes, rather than through more robust public confrontation. But how effective is quiet diplomacy in practice? Two cases have made this question urgent. Quiet diplomacy, as it’s called, has served for years
Times Square bomb plotter sentenced to life in prison
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Sri Lanka convicts former army chief
Former army chief and opposition presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was today convicted of fraud by a military court. Sarath Fonseka has already been dishonourably discharged following an earlier court martial. He has described the prosecutions as a vendetta against his daring to challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election earlier this year. Critics say the Sri Lankan gov
トルコ：憲法改正の是非問う国民投票へ 揺れる政教分離 - 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)
【エルサレム花岡洋二】トルコで今月１２日、軍や司法にかかわる憲法改正の是非を問う国民投票が実施される。イスラムの伝統重視を掲げる与党・公正発展党（ＡＫＰ）が主導する。歴史的にイスラム系政党は、国是である政教分離の守護者を自任する軍や司法と対立しており、憲法改正により、それらの「政治介入」を排除するのが狙いとされる。国の針路を左右する大幅な改憲だが、世論調査で国民の賛否は割れている。 トルコは人口の９９％がイスラム教徒だが、１９２３年の近代国家誕生以来、世俗主義を貫いてきた。軍の役割は大きく、４度のクーデターでイスラム主義を排除し、現憲法は８０年のクーデター後に国民投票で承認された。 これに対し、０２年に初のイスラム系単独政権に就いたＡＫＰは、これまでに数度の憲法改正を通じて政権基盤を固めてきた。０７年には一層のイスラム化に向け、大学での女性のスカーフ着用を容認する憲法修正を実現したが、翌０
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