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Pacific Island of Nauru scraps hyperlink to Australian allure court

Nauru has abolished a decades-old link to Australia’s legal system, removing the island nation’s highest court of appeal, in a move critics have described as « shocking » and « concerning » for human rights. The government of Nauru – a Pacific island on which hundreds of asylum-seeekers are detained in an Australian immigration facility – said on Monday…

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ICTY suspect Slobodan Praljak ‘drinks poison’ in court

The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague has suspended an appeal case of a Bosnian Croat suspect after he apparently drank poison upon hearing his 20-year sentence was upheld. The suspect, Slobodan Praljak, drank from a small bottle, declaring: « What I am drinking now is poison ».  « I’m not a war criminal, » Praljak shouted…