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Brazil top court rules for extradition of Italy fugitive
November 19, 2009
[JURIST] The Brazilian Supreme Court [official website, in Portuguese] on Wednesday voted 5-to-4 to extradite [press release, in Portuguese] former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy, but left the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [official profile, in Portuguese], w....... [more] 
Australia PM issues apology to migrant children
November 17, 2009
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd [official profile] on Monday issued an apology [speech transcript] to poor and underprivileged British children who were sent to Australia and other former British colonies over the last century with the supposed intention of giving them a better life, b....... [more]
Canada prosecutors charge second Rwanda genocide suspect under war crimes act
November 9, 2009
[JURIST] Canadian prosecutors announced Saturday that a Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder] suspect has been charged under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act [text, PDF]. Jacques Mungwarere, arrested [Ottawa Citizen report] Friday by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [officia....... [more]
Zimbabwe deports UN torture investigator
October 29, 2009
[JURIST] Zimbabwe deported UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive] Thursday, citing concerns over a meeting of Southern African Development Community (SADC) [official website] leaders in the capital city of Harare. Nowak was detained Wednesday evening a....... [more]
Chile reconsidering Easter Island tourism after court ruling
October 12, 2009
[JURIST] The Chilean government will begin a non-binding consultation process [El Mercurio report, in Spanish] on Tuesday to survey the indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island on tourism influx and immigration into the island. The consultation comes as the Chilean Supreme Court [official website, in....... [more]
Argentina ex-president charged with hiding evidence in 1994 Jewish center bombing
October 2, 2009
[JURIST] An Argentine federal judge on Thursday indicted former president and current senator Carlos Menem [official profile; BBC profile] for allegedly covering up evidence related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Menem, born in Argentina to Syrian immigrants, is ac....... [more]
Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
August 6, 2009
[JURIST] Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the deportation [HRW report]....... [more]
Italy senate passes law criminalizing illegal immigration
July 3, 2009
[JURIST] Italyâ??s Senate [official website, in Italian] voted 157-124 Thursday to pass a controversial law making illegal immigration a crime [materials, in Italian], punishable by a fine of between 5,000 and 10,000 euros. The law also increases from two months to six [AKI report] the amount of tim....... [more]
G8 leaders to develop legal system for trying suspected pirates
May 31, 2009
[JURIST] Officials from the G8 countries [BBC backgrounder] on Saturday agreed to work toward establishing a system for trying pirates captured in African waters [JURIST news archive]. The recent increase in pirate activity has created problems for where to try captured pirates. If the pirates are t....... [more]
Italy lower house approves bill increasing penalties for illegal immigration
May 14, 2009
[JURIST] The Italian Chamber of Deputies [official website, in Italian], the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved legislation [materials, in Italian] that would increase the penalties for illegal immigration by a vote of 297-255. The controversial legislation provides that an alien who e....... [more]
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