ICJ welcomes ruling in Anwar appeal
The ICJ welcomed Malaysia’s highest court ruling overturning former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction and sentence of nine years imprisonment and setting him free.
“Time to Act”: ICJ convenes a Conference of lawyers from around the world to defend human rights in the fight against terrorism
The international legal and human rights community must mobilize and take a global leadership role to show how the rule of law and human rights can and must be respected in addressing terrorism, Nicholas Howen, Secretary General of the ICJ said today in Berlin.
ICJ condemns unfair trial of lawyer
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers said today that the trial of Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Akhtam Naisse is deeply flawed.
No more delays in Anwar appeal
The ICJ urged the Malaysian Federal Court to deliver its judgment expeditiously in the appeal of Anwar Ibrahim. The former deputy prime minister is in jail on politically motivated charges of corruption and sodomy.
First step in taking Guantanamo detainees out of legal black hole
“The US Supreme Court has taken the first step in closing the legal black hole in which the US Government is holding prisoners in Guantanamo Bay”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary General of the ICJ.
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