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6 Jul 2004, 6:01 am
Augustine Gbao, a senior commander of the rebel Revolutionary United Front, refused to recognize the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he is on trial for crimes against humanity. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 9:55 am
The Sierra Club is trying to join a lawsuit filed by Environmental Defense that would block the TX governor's plan to speed the approval process for the construction of 18 new coal-fired power plants. [read post]
25 May 2005, 7:53 am
[JURIST] Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola [profile], President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone [official website], the tribunal created by the UN to hear cases of serious crimes committed during the West African country's civil war, warned [SCSL statement, PDF] the UN Security Council Tuesday that the court was close to financial crisis. [read post]
15 Jun 2004, 4:57 pm
The war crimes tribunal of Sam Hinga Norman, a former government official, and two other leaders of the government-allied militia resumed Tuesday at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a UN-backed tribunal prosecuting war crimes committed during the country's civil war. [read post]
5 May 2005, 6:44 am
[JURIST] Desmond de Silva, a UK national appointed Thursday as the new chief prosecutor for the UN-affilated Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website] immediately renewed a call made earlier this week [JURIST report] by his predecessor David Crane his for former President of Liberia Charles Taylor [PBS profile], now living in Nigeria, to be brought to justice. [read post]
29 Apr 2006, 4:01 pm
[JURIST] The British lawyer serving as chief prosecutor for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website], the West African war crimes court that will try recently-captured ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor [JURIST news archive] for war crimes and crimes against humanity, announced [press release, PDF] Friday he would step down June 30 when his contract expires after only a [read post]
10 Mar 2004, 12:43 am
The Special Court for Sierra Leone, the war crimes court set up by the United Nations to try persons involved in the many atrocities committed in that country during more than a decade of gruesome civil war and internal violence, officially opened Wednesday in Freetown, the capital, with the inauguration of the new courthouse. [read post]
17 Apr 2018, 2:57 am by Walter Olson
On Labor Day 2007, a forest fire broke out in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada and eventually burned about 65,000 acres. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 2:37 pm by Michael J. Giarrusso
  As of December 31, 2016, Sierra reported that it had raised in excess of $900 million in connection with its equity capital raise. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 11:45 am by Jason Disterhoft
Brima Sheriff, director of the Sierra Leone section, dancing with community in Mapaki ©Amnesty International Gouri has wrapped up her on-the-ground reporting from Sierra Leone — but the Amnesty International caravan is still campaigning for the right to maternal health. [read post]
23 Oct 2023, 5:10 am by Unknown
The Sierra Group urged the SEC to move quickly on requiring disclosures about asset managers’ engagement approaches because many large asset managers, possibly in response to political pressure, have started to pull their support for ESG-related resolutions. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 1:11 pm by Sutherland LNG
Circuit has issued two opinions denying (1) Sierra Club’s and Galveston Baykeeper’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to construct and operate LNG export terminal facilities at its LNG import terminal on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas, and (2) Sierra Club’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Sabine Pass LNG to increase the liquefaction capacity at its proposed LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. from 16 to 20… [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 7:26 am by Ruby Powers
USCIS is reminding the public that the designations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone terminate effective May 21, 2017. [read post]