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Sudan's Justice and Freedom Movement rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim
25/12/2011 - Sudan

Darfur rebel leader "killed" in Sudan

Sudan’s army said on Sunday that it had killed a Darfur rebel leader, three days after anti-government forces moved in on the capital Khartoum.

16/12/2011

French press review 16 December 2011

The 79-year-old Jacques Chirac is the first former or serving president of modern France to be tried and that sent the papers into frenzy.

15/12/2011 - France

Chirac given two-year suspended sentence in Paris fake jobs case

Former French President Jacques Chirac was found guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power by a Paris court on Thursday. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.

10/12/2011 - France

EasyJet faces handicapped discrimination charges in French court

Budget airline EasyJet faced a French court on Friday, accused of discrimination against handicapped people.

01/12/2011 - France

Sarkozy's party proposes penal code for young offenders

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP part is proposing a penal code just for young offenders in the run-up to next year's presidential election. The ruling party claims it is needed to ...

29/11/2011 - Morocco

Moroccan king summons Islamist leader to form government

The head of Morocco's Islamist party, Abdelilah Benkirane, is has been summoned by King Mohammed VI to discuss forming a new government, officials of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) ...

25/11/2011 - France

Breast implants allegedly behind French woman's death

The French justice system is to investigate a breast implant manufacture after the death of a 53-year-old woman from lymphatic cancer on Monday in the southern French city of Marseille.

22/11/2011 - France

Rachida Dati libelled peace wall couple, court rules

France’s former Justice minister, Rachida Dati, was given a suspended fine of 2000 euros for defamation on Tuesday in a case concerning the “Wall for Peace” on the Champs de Mars ...

Kashmiri women's two decade wait for justice
17/11/2011 - International report

Kashmiri women's two decade wait for justice

In the north Indian state of Kashmir, victims of a dramatic case of rape and violence by the Indian military, back in 1991, are still fighting for justice.

Russian whistle-blower's death two years on
16/11/2011 - World news explained

Russian whistle-blower's death two years on

Its exactly two years since Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died under suspicious circumstances in a Russian jail.

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