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UNITED STATES - JUSTICE
Ex-Nazi Demjanjuk set to be deported
Former Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk was taken from his home in Ohio to a U.S. immigration office as agents prepared to deport him to Germany where he faces charges of helping murder thousands of Jews in World War II.
USA - JUSTICE
Obama may revive Guantanamo trials
US President Barack Obama is thinking of reopening the military commissions for prosecuting Guantanamo detainees, according to The Washington Post. The trials involving these prisoners had been frozen until May 20.
PENAL SYSTEM
French prison guards to vote on government proposal
The French justice ministry has proposed 174 new prison-warden jobs in an effort to end an ongoing protest movement by prison personnel that led to jail blockades across the country. Prison-guard unions are set to vote on the proposal.
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IRAN
Jailed journalist Roxana Saberi has started eating again
Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist who has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Tehran for espionage, has started to eat again. The 32-year-old reporter started her hunger strike to protest the sentence.
ZIMBABWE
Activists jailed again pending trial for alleged Mugabe coup
Eighteen political activists, including human rights advocate Jestina Mukoko (pictured), have been detained again just two months after they were freed on bail pending trial on charges of trying to overthrow Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
IRAN
Court agrees to hear jailed journalist's appeal
Iran's judiciary has announced that it will hear an appeal by an American-Iranian reporter jailed on spying charges. Roxana Saberi, 32, was sentenced last month to eight years in prison.
USA
Court clears way for Demjanjuk deportation
A federal court cleared the way for the US to deport accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (photo) to Germany, where prosecutors issued an arrest warrant to put him on trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews during World War Two.
USA
Former 'enemy combatant' admits to helping al Qaeda
Ali al-Marri, who was the last remaining "enemy combatant" held on US soil, pleaded guilty in a federal court Thursday to supporting terrorism, admitting he conspired to provide material support to al Qaeda.
ART
Paris appeal court upholds ban on body parts show
The Paris court of appeal has upheld the ban on "Our Body: The Universe Within", an art show exhibiting Chinese human corpses to the public, citing concerns over the origin of the corpses. On April 21, a lower court had ordered the show to close.
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