Afghan 'torture' jury discharged
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A jury in a torture trial of an alleged Afghan warlord is discharged after failing to decide a verdict.
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PUL-I-CHARKI, Afghanistan  - Hundreds of  Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban against U.S-led  forces after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States  were released from an Afghan jail Sunday after nearly three  years as prisoners of war.
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Three Americans charged with jailing, kidnapping and torturing prisoners in Afghanistan are to reappear in court after their trial was dramatically halted last week when the FBI returned seized evidence to Afghan authorities.
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Argentina's Supreme Court revokes a pardon granted to a former general accused of human rights abuses.
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A judge in the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing detained Iraqis ordered jurors Wednesday to acquit one of the suspects on a charge of pretending to kick a prisoner.
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Trial judge discharges jury during eighth day of deliberations at Woolwich crown court.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Americans accused of torturing Afghans in a private jail were found guilty Wednesday in a Kabul court after a trial denounced by the defense as violating basic standards of fairness.    The three-judge panel sentenced accused ringleader Jonathan Idema, a former soldier with a past fraud conviction, and his right-hand man, Brent Bennett, to 10 years in jail...
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KABUL - A bounty hunter accused of running a private torture chamber has gone on trial in Kabul claiming he could not get a fair hearing because the FBI had confiscated vital evidence and locked it in the American Embassy.
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A jury of 10 soldiers was selected Friday to decide whether the accused ringleader of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal was illegally beating inmates or following orders to soften up the detainees for interrogation.
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KABUL : An Afghan court sentenced a man to death for killing three foreign journalists and their Afghan colleague shortly after the fall of the hardline Taliban regime in 2001.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Americans accused of torturing Afghans in a private jail were found guilty Wednesday in a Kabul court after a trial denounced by the defense as failing to meet basic international standards of fairness.    The three-judge panel sentenced accused ringleader Jonathan Idema, a former soldier with a past fraud conviction, and his right-hand man, Brent Bennett, to 10 years in jail...
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A suspected Taleban leader killed in Afghanistan was freed from US custody in Guantanamo Bay, the US admits.
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The two British soldiers, held in Tanzania for more than 40 days for allegedly murdering a local young woman, were discharged from murder trial and set free from police
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group accused of killing thousands, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government.
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The first American civilian charged with mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was convicted Thursday of assaulting an Afghan man who later died.
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A Sudanese criminal court on Monday dismissed the case against nine people on trial in connection with the beheading of a prominent journalist and brought formal charges against 10 other defendants.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The trial of three American vigilantes accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners during a freelance hunt for terrorists entered its final stage Monday, with the judge saying a verdict was likely soon.    Jonathan Idema, Brent Bennett and Edward Caraballo face up to 20 years in jail if convicted on charges of kidnapping and torture...