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...Khartoum Sudan's Most Wanted Sudanese officials confirmed Oct. 13 that they had arrested notorious janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb. The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Kushayb with crimes against humanity in 2007 for orchestrating militia attacks in the Darfur region that led to the rape and murder of civilians and the destruction of entire villages. But given that Sudan's government had previously ignored orders to extradite Kushayb, its sudden willingness to cooperate raises suspicion that his arrest may have been merely an attempt to ease international pressure on Sudanese...
...murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1992. The court found her guilty of participating in 1981 terrorist actions that resulted in the killing of a police officer and the kidnapping of a judge. She absconded to France in 1993, where she lived a quiet life until her arrest in August...
Ashcroft v. Iqbal A Pakistani man will argue that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and other government officials are responsible for discrimination and abuse he received while under arrest...
...under 18 rose 37% in three years to 2006 - has prompted the government to once again beef up the discretionary powers of cops on the street. "Dispersal orders," for example, allow officers to ban individuals from public spaces even if they have not been convicted at court, and to arrest them if they disobey. Operation Leopard is a part of this trend, and it is clear the officers are still unsure of how to wield their new powers...
Case: Herring v. United States Hearing Date: Oct. 7 Background: Bennie Dean Herring was arrested in Coffee County, Alabama after trying to pick up his impounded car from his local police station. While he was at the station, the county investigator asked for a check for warrants in Herring's name. While none were found in Coffee County, the warrant clerk learned that there was a warrant on Herring in a neighboring town. He was subsequently arrested and faced additional charges for drugs and a gun possession. Minutes after his arrest, though, Coffee County police learned that the warrant...