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...Malaysia; on charges of corruption; in Putrajaya. Malaysia's Federal Court last week ruled there was no new evidence to warrant reconsideration of the case, which alleged Anwar had used his political power to block a 1998 police investigation into sodomy charges against him. Anwar was released from prison three weeks ago after a dramatic reversal of his sodomy conviction, and since then has vowed to push for democratic reforms. His failure to get the corruption conviction overturned means he is barred from holding political office until...
...SENTENCED. BAMBANG HARYMURTI, 47, editor-in-chief of the Indonesian daily Tempo; to one year in prison for libel; in Jakarta. The court ruled that the Harvard-educated editor was guilty of "spreading wrongful information" about real estate tycoon Tomy Winata in a March 2003 story. Activists have decried the sentence as a blow to press freedom, criticizing the use of Indonesia's criminal code to prosecute a libel case. "The judges had a golden opportunity to write a new chapter in Indonesian history, but they did not take it," said Harymurti, who remains free pending appeal...
...captives; in Kabul. Idema claimed he had support from the Pentagon for his efforts to hunt down terrorists, but the U.S. says the men were operating without its knowledge. The judge refused to admit evidence in support of the claim. Idema and Bennett were sentenced to ten years in prison; Carabalo to eight...
Some deployments of rhetoric are all too obvious. This year’s refusal by prominent US government officials to label the events at the Abu Ghraib prison as “torture” was terrible—yet all too predictable. The chosen alternative, “abuse,” dismisses what occurred between torturer and victim, aggressor and prey. The infamous National Security Strategy document of September 2002, which championed pre-emptive attacks, worked analogously. The text avoids mention of human rights but rather sanctions “human dignity,” which it loosely...
SENTENCED. FRANK QUATTRONE, 48, former investment banker to high-flying Silicon Valley companies during the Internet boom; to 18 months in prison; in New York City. He is appealing a May conviction for hindering a federal stock investigation involving Credit Suisse First Boston, but will be forced to begin serving prison time in late October while the appeal is pending...