Tribunal win may influence other courts

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The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has ruled on appeal that war correspondent Jonathan C. Randal does not have to testify in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb Deputy Prime Minister Radoslav Brdjanin. Randal argued that the subpoena he recieved was a violation of journalistic privilege which could destroy journalists' percieved objectivity.

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Rules of Evidence, Company legal issue, Cases, Evidence (Law), War crimes, Confidential communications, Journalistic privilege, Evidence, Criminal, Criminal evidence, War correspondents, United Nations. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Randal, Jonathan C., Brdjanin, Radoslav

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Gun-owner privacy and freedom of information soon will duel in U.S. Supreme Court

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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case in which Chicago, Illinois is seeking information on gun owners kept by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ATF has refused to release the information, saying that the privacy rights of gun owners would be violated. Two lower courts have ruled that the city of Chicago has a legal right to the information.

Other General Government Support, Information Dissemination-Natl Govt, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Access control, Freedom of information, Firearms owners, Government information, United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

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