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Iran prosecutor charges 3 US backpackers with espionage
November 9, 2009
[JURIST] Iranā??s prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolat-Abadi said Monday that the three American hikers arrested in July for illegally entering Iran are being charged with espionage [IRNA report]. In statements to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Dolat-Abadi further declared that the invest....... [more] 
Germany high court rules intelligence may not be withheld from parliament
July 31, 2009
[JURIST] Germany's Federal Constitutional Court [official website, in German] ruled Thursday that the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) [official website, in German] may not withhold information from parliament without good cause. The case began in 2006 [DW report] when the BND refused to te....... [more]
Chinese-American first to be convicted under Economic Espionage Act
July 17, 2009
[JURIST] Former Boeing [corporate website] engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was convicted [DOJ press release] Thursday of stealing corporate trade secrets related to the US Space Shuttle program and turning them over to China in the first ever trial under the Economic Espionage Act [DOJ backgrounder]........ [more]
Iran court releases US journalist after suspending sentence
May 11, 2009
[JURIST] US journalist Roxana Saberi [advocacy site; JURIST news archive] was released from an Iranian prison Monday after an Iranian court of appeals on Sunday reduced her eight-year sentence for espionage to two years and then suspended the sentence. According to statements from Saberi's lawyer, t....... [more]
Iran judiciary to hear appeal of US journalist next week
May 5, 2009
[JURIST] Spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary Alireza Jamshidi said Tuesday that the appeal of US journalist Roxana Saberi [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] will be heard next week. Saberi was convicted [JURIST report] of spying for the US and sentenced to eight years in jail in Evin, an Ira....... [more]
Iran minister vows judiciary will fairly review conviction of US journalist
May 3, 2009
[JURIST] Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki [official website] announced [press briefing] Saturday that Iran's judiciary will fairly review the espionage conviction of US journalist Roxana Saberi [advocacy website; JURIST news archive], adding that "[r]ules and regulations in Iran equally a....... [more]
North Korea to formally indict detained US journalists
April 24, 2009
[JURIST] North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) [media website] reported Friday that two US journalists arrested in March will stand trial. While the charges remain unclear, it is possible the journalists will face charges of espionage [AP report]. According to the South Korea Mi....... [more]
US journalist Saberi appeals Iran espionage conviction
April 21, 2009
[JURIST] The lawyer for imprisoned US journalist Roxana Saberi [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday appealed her recent conviction for espionage [JURIST report]. A spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary reportedly said that he hoped her eight-year sentence would be changed [Reuters rep....... [more]
Iran top judge urges fair appeals process for jailed US journalist
April 20, 2009
[JURIST] Iran's judiciary on Monday ordered fair appellate proceedings for a US journalist convicted [JURIST report] this week of espionage and sentenced to eight years in prison. Iran's top judge Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi [BBC profile] said the appeal [BBC report] by journalist Roxana Sabe....... [more]
Iran court jails US journalist on espionage charges
April 18, 2009
[JURIST] The Revolutionary Court of Iran convicted US journalist Roxana Saberi [advocacy website] of espionage earlier, sentencing her to eight years in prison, according to her lawyer Saturday. The trial, in which Saberi was accused of passing classified information to US intelligence agencies, was....... [more]
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