ILEA000665583: Ex-bureaucrat acquitted of political paper case

Court hearing in case of ex-MP Serhii Pashynskyi in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 21, 2024 - A hearing of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine set to determine a restrictive measure for former Ukrainian MP Serhii Pashynskyi (R) suspected of the seizure of oil products worth UAH 967 million is being broadcast for reporters, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

U.S. federal appeals court denies Trump immunity from prosecution

STORY: U.S. federal appeals court denies Trump immunity from prosecution SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Washington CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Capitol riots (Jan 6, 2021) 2. various of Trump at the White House (file) STORYLINE: In a significant legal development, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday delivered a ruling denying Donald Trump broad immunity from federal prosecution. This ruling represents a notable setback for the former president, who is highly likely to pursue an appeal in response. The decision follows arguments made by Trump's legal team a month prior, where they asserted sweeping claims of immunity from federal prosecution in the 2020 election interference case. These claims were vehemently opposed by lawyers representing the special counsel, who warned that granting such broad immunity would effectively grant presidents impunity to engage in criminal activities while in off

Court grants former Pakistani PM, FM 10 years in imprisonment

STORY: Court grants former Pakistani PM, FM 10 years in imprisonment SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Islamabad STORYLINE: A special court on Tuesday sentenced former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years in prison, respectively, for exposing official secrets. In an official statement, Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) confirmed the sentence, adding that they will challenge the decision in a higher court. The case, commonly known as the cipher case, had been heard in Adiala Jail in north Rawalpindi city where both Khan and Qureshi are facing imprisonment in other cases. A few days before facing a no-confidence movement in parliament which led to his ouster from the government last year, Khan displayed a paper in a public rally, claiming that it was a diplomatic correspondence between officials of Pakistan and a

U.S. Supreme Court to investigate leak of draft opinion on abortion rights

STORY: U.S. Supreme Court to investigate leak of draft opinion on abortion rights DATELINE: May 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court 2. various of the protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court 3. exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court STORYLINE: The U.S. Supreme Court will launch a probe into the leak of a draft opinion on abortion rights, a statement said on Tuesday. Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of the document indicating that a majority of justices were poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Roberts reiterated the draft "does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case." "To the extent, this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed," he continued. "The work of the Court will not be affected in any way." The leaked paper,

District court dismisses wartime suppression case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Supporters for Yasuhito Ono, a deceased journalist who was convicted in the ''Yokohama Incident,'' look at a board showing the Yokohama District Court's decision to dismiss Ono's retrial case in front of the court building in Yokohama on March 30. The court passed no judgment on whether Ono was guilty of promoting communism in violation of a wartime law. (Kyodo)

Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters express dissatisfaction in front of the Supreme Court building in Tokyo on March 14 after the top court rejects an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of five men convicted in the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech. (Kyodo)

Ex-judge confesses he believed convicted murderer was not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Norimichi Kumamoto (C), a former Shizuoka District Court judge, tells an anti-death penalty assembly in Tokyo on March 9 that he thought a man who received a death sentence for the 1966 murder of a family of four was ''not guilty'' when he was involved in the man's trial. However, he agreed to the death sentence after the two other judges involved in the case made the decision, despite preparing a 360-page document citing reasons for the innocence of Iwao Hakamada, who has been in prison for over 40 years while seeking a retrial for the murders. Kumamoto's remark came a day before Hakamada's 71st birthday. (Kyodo)

High court also voids deportation order of Myanmar man

NAGOYA, Japan - Khin Maung Hla, a 40-year-old Myanmar man who is seeking asylum in Japan on the grounds that he faces persecution in his home country due to his involvement in pro-democracy activities, arrives at the Nagoya High Court on Jan. 18 to hear the court's ruling on his appeal. The high court upheld a lower court decision which voided a government order to deport him. (Kyodo)

900 ex-leprosy patients file another suit against state

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Former leprosy patients and their supporters hold a rally in front of the Kumamoto District Court building on May 21 before filing a lawsuit with the court against the state. About 900 former leprosy patients across the nation are filing the suit against the state, demanding 115 million yen each in compensation for being forced into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease. The suit brings the number of plaintiffs suing the state at district courts in Kumamoto, Okayama and Tokyo in connection with the case to about 1,700.

Top court nixes compensation demand for 1985 Saitama murder

TOKYO, Japan - A lawyer in front of the Supreme Court holds up a sign Monday that reads, ''the court overturned (a lower court decision),'' referring to a 1985 Saitama murder case. The court overturned the lower court decision ordering parents of three men convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl to pay 46 million yen in compensation to the girl's parents.

Ex-bureaucrat acquitted of political paper case

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers rush from the Tokyo High Court building in Tokyo on March 29, 2010, to spread word of the court's decision to acquit a former bureaucrat of involvement in illegal political activities. The sign (R) reads ''Innocence.'' '(Kyodo)

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