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US: Mujagic Arrested for War Crimes Allegedly Committed during Bosnian War

By Editor | Published: November 29, 2012

November 28, 2012, Utica, NY, United States. U.S. immigration agents arrested Sulejman Mujagic, 50, on an extradition request made by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Mujagic is accused of unlawfully killing one (Ekrem Baltic) and torturing another (Nisvet Cordic) soldier of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 6, 1995. At that time, Mr. Mujagic was [...]

Posted in BiH WCS | Also tagged Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Commander, Ekrem Baltic, extradition, HIS, Homeland Security Investigations, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Nisvet Cordic, permanent resident, prisoner of war, Sulejman Mujagic, torture, Una-Sana Canton, United States, unlawful killing, unlawful wounding, Utica, war crime | Comments closed

United States: 2d Cir. Allows Confiscation of Iranian Property to Pay Wrongful Death Judgment

By Editor | Published: June 23, 2010

2010-06-15, New York, United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y. allowing a victim of a Hamas bombing in Israel to attach Iranian bank’s property in satisfaction of a civil judgment. The case arose as a result of the [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged 09-3034-cv, 1605(a)(7), 28 U.S.C., abrogation of immunity, Algiers Accords, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Fallahian-Khuzestani, Amalya L. Kearse, American citizen, Article IV.2, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Bank Melli Iran, Bank of New York, Bank Saderat Iran, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, civil action against foreign state, David Weinstein, death, Department of State, estate, Fifth Amendment, Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, Forest Hills, FSIA, Hamas, Hazi & David Weinstein, Hostage Crisis, instrumentality, Ira Weinstein, Ira William Weinstein, Iranian bank, Iranian Ministry Of Information And Security, Islamic Republic Of Iran, Israel, Jed S. Rakoff, Jeffrey A. Miller, Jennifer Weinstein, Jennifer Weinstein Hazi, Jerusalem, Joseph Weinstein, judgment, Laina C. Lopez, Leonard D. Wexler, material support, non-party, personal injury, Peter W. Hall, proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, property, Queens, separate juridical status, separation of powers doctrine, state sponsored terrorism, subject matter jurisdiction, substantial monetary support, suicide bombing, Susan Weinstein, Takings Clause, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, terrorist act, terrorist attacks, third party, Thomas G. Corcoran Jr., tort, Treaty of Amity, TRIA, U.S. Constitution, United States, United States citizen. 201(a), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, victim, wrongful death | Comments closed

USA: Nath: NY Court Issues Summons to an Indian Minister

By Editor | Published: April 8, 2010

2010-04-07, New York, U.S.A. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued summons to Kamal Nath, current Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways, in the lawsuit filed by Sikhs for Justice on the basis of the Alien Tort Claims Act. The civil law suit accused the minister in leading 1984 anti-Sikh riots [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Alien Tort Claims Act, Delhi, Gurpatwant S. Pannun, Kamal Nath, Pannun Attorneys and Consultants, Sikh, Southern District of New York, United States | Comments closed

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