GADDAFI SPY CHIEF TO FACE TRIAL IN LIBYA
Libya has been told by the International Criminal Court that it can conduct the trial of dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief, the first time the court has deferred a […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
UN TO BOOST SYRIA CHEMICAL-WEAPONS TEAM
The UN Security Council has authorised backing up the operation of dismantling of Syria’s chemical-weapons stockpile with 100 extra international experts. The plan, proposed by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has suggested […]
TUNISIA TO SET UP NATIONAL ANTI-TORTURE AGENCY
The National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia has adopted a law to set up a national body to prevent torture in what is seen as significant step forward towards eradicating torture […]
STL PUBLISHES POSTERS OF FIFTH HEZBOLLAH SUSPECT
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon circulated posters of Hassan Habib Merhi, the fifth Hezbollah member to be indicted over the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. In a statement on its website, the U.N.-backed […]
TRIBUNAL INDICTS NEW SUSPECT IN HARIRI MURDER
An international court has published one more arrest warrant related to the killing of Rafik al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, that almost pushed the country into civil war. Thursday’s […]
EGYPT SETS NOVEMBER TRIAL DATE FOR MORSI
The trial of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Morsi on charges of inciting the murder of protesters will start on November 4, the official MENA news agency reported. Morsi will stand trial […]
NATIONAL DIALOGUE REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON POLITICAL ISOLATION
One day before the inauguration of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Concluding Plenary, political factions arrived at a tentative agreement on political isolation. An agreement was reached that immunity for […]
