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Kenya: High Court Refuses Jurisdiction to Try Piracy
2010-11-09, Mombasa, Kenya. Judge Mohammed Ibrahim of the High Court in Mombasa ordered the release of 9 individuals accused of piracy on the ground that he did not have jurisdiction to try offences committed outside Kenyan territorial waters. The decision came as a result of a motion filed by the accused for stay of proceedings. [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Abdirahman Mohamud Caser, Abdirazak Hassan Ali, Abdiwahid Mohamed Osman, Abdullahi Omar Mohamed, application, coercion, compulsion, Dawagoradi, Dhodi, High Court, Indaguran, Indian Ocean, Jared Magolo, Judicial Review, jurisdiction, Kenya, Khadar Mohamed Jama, magistrates’ court, marines, Ministry of Immigration, Mohamed Ali AW-Dahir, Mohamed Cirfer Ismail, Mohamed Dogol Ali Cade, Mohammed Ibrahim, Mohamud Abdullahi Ismail, Mohamud Hashi, Mombasa, MV Courier, Orod Dheer, piracy, pirate, pirates, stay of proceedings, territorial jurisdiction, territorial waters, UNHCR, United Nations High Commission for Refugees Comments closed
Germany: Demjanjuk: Court Orders the Continuation of the Trial
2010-10-25, Munich, Germany. Judge Ralph Alt ordered the continuation of the trial of John Demjanjuk, 90. In contrast to the court-appointed doctor, who confirmed that the accused’s health did not deteriorate, Mr. Demjanjuk’s defence counsel, Ulrich Busch, argued that the accused is still too sick to stand trial. Mr. Demjanjuk was charged with 28,060 counts [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged accessory, continuation, guard, health, John Demjanjuk, Munich, murder, Ralph Alt, Sobibor death camp, to stand trial, TRIAL, Ulrich Busch Comments closed
ICTY: Karadzic: Chamber Forces Germany to Disclose Documents re its and UN’s Roles in Smuggling of Weapons into Srebrenica
2010-05-19, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber granted, in part, Karadzic’s motion to order Germany to produced documents related to participation of the U.S., German and UN personnel in smuggling of arms into Srebrenica between 1994 and 1995. Statement of Law. The Chamber held that in order to be successful, the motion for an [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged Alan Tieger, arms, Article 29, Bundesnachrichtendienst, Christoph von Bezold, disclosure, Embassy of Germany, Federal Intelligence Service, Flavia Lattanzi, Government of Germany, Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff, hostage-taking, Howard Morrison, IT-95-5/18-T, Melville Baird, motion, necessary, O-Gon Kwon, Parlamentarische Kontrollkommission, peacekeepers, production of documents, Radovan Karadzic, ready identification, reasonable effort, relevance, Richard Harvey, Rule 54 bis, Rules, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, smuggling, specific intent, specificity, Srebrenica, Statute, Statute of the Tribunal, Third World Relief Agency, Tuzla, unduly onerous, UNPROFOR Comments closed
Germany: Demjanjuk Testified about NGO Conspiracy
2010-04-13, Munich, Germany. The accused testified today at a Munich court that he was an innocent POW who was falsely prosecuted by NGOs. He is accused of working as a security guard in Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. He is represented by Ulrich Busch. The relatives of the victims are represented by Rolf Kleidermann. Germany’s Federal [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged extermination camp, Federal Criminal Police Office, John Demjanjuk, Munich, Poland, POW, Reinhardt Altmann, Rolf Kleidermann, security guard, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Sobibor, Ulrich Busch, World Jewish Congress Comments closed
Germany: Boere: Former SS Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
2010-03-23, Aachen, Germany. The German Court convicted Heinrich Boere, former Silbertanne member, for killings of three Dutch civilians (Fritz Hubert Ernst Bicknese, Teun de Groot, Franz Wilhelm Kusters) in 1944. Boere joined SS shortly after Germans took over Maastricht. Boere’s lawyer unsuccessfully pleaded the defence of superior orders. Judge Nohl pointed out that there was [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Aachen, Gerd Nohl, Gordon Christiansen, Heinrich Boere, life imprisonment, murder, Silbertanne, Waffen SS Comments closed
Switzerland: Dias: Sri Lankan Major General Investigated for War Crimes