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14 Aug 2008, 5:39 pm
The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act has functioned to provide immunity to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, four princes and other Saudi entities from a lawsuit filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and their families. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 10:50 am
"The SFO director was convinced that Saudi Arabia wasn't bluffing," he said.In April, two judges in the High Court ruled that the Saudi threat was a "successful attempt by a foreign government to pervert the course of justice in the United Kingdom".Lord Justice Moses and Mr Justice Sullivan said the SFO and the Government made an "abject surrender" to "blatant threats".Lords overturn Saudi probe ruling The… [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 5:29 pm
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22 May 2008, 9:56 pm
""The US justice department said in June 2007 that it was launching a probe to see if BAE's business deals "concerning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" complied with anti-corruption laws.It is believed the Americans became interested because BAE used the US banking system to transfer regular payments to accounts controlled by Prince Bandar, a senior figure in the Saudi royal family, at Riggs Bank in Washington. [read post]
5 Apr 2008, 7:51 pm
They have no additional legal obligations to their community or employees.It is, however, different in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where companies are governed by Islamic law. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 5:15 am
It is, however, different in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where companies are governed by Islamic law. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 11:52 am
What's most striking about her survey is that unlike much previous work which focused on countries such as China or Saudi Arabia, she looks at the systems put in place in various democracies (including Canada, the United Kingdom and Finland) but still finds the same problems - a lack of democratic legitimacy, opaque systems, overblocking, and indications of function creep. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 5:35 am
Saudi Arabia signed the convention with the following reservations:1. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 1:50 pm
A Weekly Update Notes and Comments THE KINGDOM: The Christian Science Monitor recently ran an op-ed by Kenneth Ballen, president of Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion, based on a poll conducted in Saudi Arabia. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 4:00 pm
"International Ranking (2006) Rank Country SWL Rank Country SWL 1 Denmark 273.33 90 Japan 206.67 1 Switzerland 273.33 90 Yemen 206.67 3 Austria 260 92 Portugal 203.33 3 Iceland 260 93 Sri Lanka 203.33 5 The Bahamas 256.67 94 Tajikistan 203.33 6 Finland 256.67 95 Vietnam 203.33 7 Sweden 256.67 96 Iran 200 8 Bhutan 253.33 97 Comoros 196.67 9 Brunei 253.33 98 Croatia 196.67 10 Canada 253.33 99 Poland 196.67 11 Ireland 253.33 100 Cape Verde 193.33 12 … [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 5:04 pm
Al-Jazirah newspaper quoted a Saudi Justice Ministry official saying King Abdullah issued a royal pardon Monday -- the same day that the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, begins in Saudi Arabia. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 9:00 pm
If his voice for human rights is an oasis in an oppressive kingdom, hopefully what he calls his generation of lawyers has members joining that oasis. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 5:53 pm
The Saudi Constitution: Article 7 Government in Saudi Arabia derives power from the Holy Koran and the Prophet's tradition. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 5:55 pm
Saudi Punishes Gang Rape Victim with 200 Lashes A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
Countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to purposefully inflict suffering through especially cruel methods of executions including stoning. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 11:30 am
In early 2007, while the family was visiting India from Saudi Arabia, the father and the two oldest children returned to Saudi Arabia. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 7:50 am
One of the most raucous political fights of 2006 involved the takeover of the British ports operator P&O by DP World, which if fully effectuated would have ceded the control over six U.S. ports to a firm owned by the government of Dubai.[1] A principle objection to the deal was that it in effect would have rendered control of U.S. commerce and a main facet of national security to a government of Middle Eastern country that potentially had links to international… [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 12:29 pm
" But a future of women lawyers will undoubtedly put pressure on restraints on women in the desert kingdom. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 7:01 am
And everyone knows [that the radical mujahadeen] were pushed [into Iraq] from beyond the borders: Iran particularly, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. [read post]
28 Jul 2007, 1:11 am
RetentionistCountries and territories which retain the death penalty for ordinary crimesAFGHANISTAN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COMOROS, CONGO (Democratic Republic), CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KOREA (North), KOREA (South), KUWAIT, LAOS, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBYA, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA,… [read post]
