An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday convicted the country’s former tourism minister, Zoheir Garranah, for corruption and sentenced him to five years in prison. Garranah was found to have sold public land in the Red Sea province below market value to two businessmen. The two businessmen were also found guilty in absentia and also received [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to uphold a lower court ruling that blocked an Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning courts from considering international or Islamic law. Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved the measure , State Question 755 [...]
Arizona state officials said Monday the state will go directly to the US Supreme Court to lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its controversial immigration law . Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) and Attorney General Tom Horne announced that the state would immediately petition the Supreme Court to lift the injunction. Brewer said [...]
Australia brought a complaint against Japan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday for its whaling practices in the Antarctic. Australia initiated proceedings in May 2010, and oral arguments are scheduled to begin in May 2012. Australia contends that Japan is in violation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling by [...]
The Salzburg Provincial Court ruled on Monday that the extradition of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader can proceed. Sanader was arrested by Austrian officials in December on charges of abuse of power, corruption and fraud for taking nearly €4 million from public firms and state institutions . Counsel for Sanader announced that they would [...]
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa announced on Sunday that the three-month state of emergency put in place in mid-March in response to growing unrest, will be lifted two weeks early. The state of emergency was originally scheduled to expire on June 1. According to the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) , [...]
The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Friday upheld a decision to halt extradition proceedings for Abdullah Khadr, an accused al Qaeda supporter and conspirator. Abdullah Khadr is the older brother of Omar Khadr , the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay . According to the appeals court, a Toronto judge was right to release Abdullah [...]
Ecuadorian voters on Saturday approved a series of judicial, social and other governmental reforms backed by President Rafael Correa . The judicial reforms will dissolve the standing oversight body and replace it with a temporary body to oversee the restructuring of the national court system. Other referendum items will allow longer detentions of suspected criminals [...]
US Representatives Edward Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) released a draft bill Friday that would restrict companies from tracking the Internet activity of minors without parental consent. The Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011 would amend existing federal law passed in 1998 due to changes in the internet and studies demonstrating the increased [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory University School of Law argues that any investigation into the killing of Osama Bin Laden must critically assess whether to apply the international law of armed conflict or human rights law in order to be effective… Five days after the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in [...]
