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Chechen president under fire ahead of murder trial (AP)

November 15th, 2010

AP - An Austrian human rights lawyer says she hopes a trial concerning the slaying of a refugee will help bring about the prosecution of Chechnya’s president.

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3 UK soldiers could face war crimes trial (AP)

November 9th, 2010

AP - Three British soldiers have been referred to a senior military prosecutor over allegations that they abused Iraqis in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion, the Ministry of Defense…

ATF agent’s trial opens in US Virgin Islands (AP)

October 26th, 2010

** ADDS INFO IN SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ** In this handout photo released by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal agent William Clark, of Rochester, NY, is seen in an undated official mugshot. Clark is accused with murder after he shot to death a man during his intervention in a couple's drunken fight outside his apartment in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 7, 2008. His trial is set to begin Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 in St. Thomas. (AP Photo, ATF)AP - A U.S. law enforcement agent’s murder trial opened Monday with defense lawyers challenging the credibility of the key witness — the slain man’s girlfriend — and prosecutors accusing…

Dutch politician on trial on hate speech charges (AP)

October 8th, 2010

FILE- Geert Wilders poses during an interview with The Associated Press in The Hague, Netherlands, in this file photo dated Thursday, July 15, 2010.  According to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, on Thursday Sept. 30, 2010, a new Dutch minority government may rely on the support of the 24 seats held by Wilders and his Freedom Party to hold power in a government coalition which could be formed as early as next week. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll, file)AP - Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for freedom of expression Monday as he went on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence…

Buju Banton’s drug trial the talk of Jamaica (AP)

September 26th, 2010

AP - The U.S. drug trial of reggae star Buju Banton is the talk of Jamaica, where islanders are debating his guilt or innocence on street corners, in offices, in…

Demjanjuk health issues taking over trial (AP)

September 8th, 2010

AP - John Demjanjuk attends most sessions of his trial in a hospital bed set up in the courtroom, wearing dark sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face.

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7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Bernardo Teixeira, one of the alleged victims of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home in Lisbon called Casa Pia arrives at a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 for the verdict of the major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years. A former worker at a state-run orphanage admitted to participating in a network that systematically abused children and implicated six other defendants including Carlos Cruz . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a…

Gitmo trial delayed due to attorney’s illness (AP)

August 13th, 2010

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, left, attends his war crimes trial in the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Khadr is accused killing a U.S. soldier with a grenade during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan and faces a maximum life sentence if convicted of charges including murder, conspiracy and spying. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - The war-crimes trial of a young Canadian detainee will be put on hold for at least 30 days due to the illness of his Pentagon-appointed attorney, a defense…

War-crimes trial opens for youngest Gitmo inmate (AP)

August 12th, 2010

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, Canadian Omar Khadr attends jury selection for his war crimes trial at the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission in the Camp Justice compound of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010. Khadr is accused killing a U.S. soldier with a grenade during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan and faces a maximum life sentence if convicted of charges including murder, conspiracy and spying.  (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A war-crimes trial for Guantanamo’s youngest detainee opened Thursday with prosecutors showing an al-Qaida video of him making — and apparently planting — bombs in Afghanistan.


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Jury selection on at 1st Gitmo trial under Obama (AP)

August 10th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO IGLESIAS ** Captain Dave Iglesias, spokesman for the military commission prosecuting Omar Khadr, speaks to reporters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Khadr, 23, is due to stand trial  for war crimes allegedly committed when he was 15 years old. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)AP - A smiling Omar Khadr appeared in a suit and tie Tuesday and greeted prospective jurors at the start of his trial, billed by defense lawyers as the first…