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25 May 2015, 11:34 am
According to Sheikh Nazmul Alam, a senior official of the police detective branch, the men were detained [Reuters report] in Dhaka on Sunday night during a raid of the city. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 7:53 am
[JURIST] Bangladesh should improve their war crimes laws [letter text] to bring justice to victims of the 1971 War of Independence [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] from Pakistan, Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [BBC profile] Wednesday. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 7:31 am
In particular, the law, decreed by President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan [official profile], aims for those who encourage hate speech... [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 9:14 am
[JURIST] Bangladesh [JURIST news archive] authorities announced Wednesday that opposition leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed [Wikipedia profile] has been charged with four counts of murder arising from the deaths of four protesters during political turmoil in October. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 4:35 pm
A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty trial. [read post]
4 Feb 2007, 7:07 am
Bangladesh [JURIST news archive] country has been in political turmoil since former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina began feuding over proposed electoral reforms. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 7:54 am
Prosecutor Akram Sheikh has accused Musharraf of checking into the Rawalpindi... [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 9:00 am
[JURIST] Bangladesh officials on Wednesday executed two of five former military officers sentenced to death for the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [Hindustan Times profile], the country's founding president, just hours after the country's Supreme Court [official website] rejected their petitions for review. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 12:02 pm
The legislation would block Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and the other accused 9/11 conspirators from being tried in a US civilian court. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 1:08 pm
[JURIST] Shiite muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was convicted Wednesday of sedition and other charges in Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court and sentenced to death, raising fears of unrest from his supporters in neighboring Bahrain. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 6:44 am
Story from the United Arab Emirates: DUBAI // A council that will ensure women are given leading roles in the development of the country has been established by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 4:41 am
Saudi authorities have detained more than 200 individuals in connection with an investigation into corruption that has cost more than USD $100 billion over the past several decades, Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said [press release] Thursday. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 11:39 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website] on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to hold civilian trials for accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [JURIST news archives]. [read post]
10 Feb 2005, 7:38 am
[JURIST] AP is reporting that civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart [defense website] has been convicted of helping imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with his terrorist followers. 3:45 PM ET - After 13 days of deliberation, a jury has convicted Stewart on charges of conspiracy, giving material support to terrorists and defrauding the US government for smuggling messages of violence [read post]
30 Dec 2008, 4:45 am
[JURIST] The Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC) [official website] on Tuesday released results [BEC materials] for the country's Monday elections, in which voters elected Sheikh Hasina [AP profile] as prime minister and members of her Bangladesh Awami League [party website] party as 228 of the country's 300 parliamentary representatives. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 1:34 am
[JURIST] The Bangladeshi state prosecutor said Monday that he is seeking to drop two of several corruption charges pending against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [BBC profile] because they were politically motivated. [read post]
15 Mar 2007, 5:30 pm
In Friday's edition of The Christian Science Monitor: Warren Richey will have an article headlined "The self-portrait of an Al Qaeda leader: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed put the murder of reporter Daniel Pearl on his long list of terrorist acts. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 7:06 pm
[JURIST] The Bangladesh Supreme Court [official website] ruled on Thursday that the extortion trial of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [party profile; JURIST news archive] could continue, rejecting arguments by Hasina's lawyers that she could not be tried under the current state of emergency rules because the alleged crimes occurred before the national state of emergency [JURIST report] was [read post]
30 Jul 2007, 11:51 am
[JURIST] The Bangladeshi High Court [official backgrounder] suspended the extortion trial [JURIST report] of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed [party profile] Monday after receiving a motion from Hasina's lawyers challenging the legality of her detention under emergency laws [JURIST report]. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 11:47 pm
[JURIST] The corruption trial of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed [party profile; JURIST news archive] was halted Wednesday when the Dhaka High Court ruled that she could not be tried by a special court established under state of emergency rules because the alleged crimes occurred before the national state of emergency [JURIST report] was declared last January. [read post]
