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Amnesty: Egypt's use of solitary confinement amounts to torture
Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday detailing new research that reveals individuals who are detained on politically-motivated charges in Egypt are being held in conditions that amount to torture. AI's report, "Crushing humanit (More) |
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Egypt refers 555 terror suspects to military court
Egypt's chief prosecutor on Monday referred 555 individuals suspected of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group to military court. The charges against them arise out of a series of attacks carried out by dozens of small militan (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 April 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Cataloni (More) |
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Egypt court orders retrial in 'foreign funding' case
Egypt's Court of Cassation on Thursday ordered a retrial for 16 out of 43 defendants who were charged with receiving illegal foreign funds without a license "for restricted activities against state policy." The defendants had received [Egypt Today (More) |
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Israel's Greater Jerusalem Bill
JURIST Guest Columnist Moien Odeh of the Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection provides a critical analysis of recent Israeli legislative efforts to enlarge the city limits of Jerusalem ... Introduction In 2017, two bills were (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely constitute war crimes. Mexico' (More) |
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HRW: Egypt escalating arbitrary arrests of political opponents
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Egyptian authorities of escalating arbitrary arrests against political opponents. According to HRW, the arrests, which took place in late January to February, are part of a government strategy to quell po (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a "continuing pa (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Egypt to halt executions
A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a "continuing pattern of death sentences handed out on the basis of eviden (More) |
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HRW annual world report highlights 'populist challenge'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its annual report Thursday, covering global human rights issues from late 2016 through November 2017, and more than 90 countries. It highlights human rights problems occurring in Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Russia, Chin (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
