Egyptian lawyer Nasser Amin on Saturday challenged a law that allows for writers to be jailed for writings that violate Egyptian “morals.” The challenge came during the trial of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji, who could face a nearly USD $1,300 dollar fine and two years in jail for his work, “The Use of Life,” which [...]
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report Saturday describing human rights abuses in Kunduz, Afghanistan, during a temporary occupation by the Taliban. The report released preliminary figures of 289 civilian deaths and 559 civilian injuries that occurred from September 28 to [...]
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced national security officers Omar Mahmoud and Mohamed el-Anwar for beating lawyer Karim Hamdi to death in Cairo last February. The court’s decision is part of a series of cases seeking to end police brutality in the state. The conviction also comes after President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi vowed to crackdown on [...]
US President Barack Obama on Saturday applauded the new climate change agreement reached Friday at the Paris summit. The agreement was reached during the twenty-first annual conference of parties, known as COP21 . He stated that the agreement could be a turning point for the world. The summit achieved the goal of limiting global temperature [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in four cases. In Birchfield, Danny v. North Dakota , consolidated with Bernard, William R. v. Minnesota and Beylund, Steve M. v. North Dakota, the court will determine “hether, in the absence of a warrant, a state may make it a crime for a person to refuse to [...]
An appellate court judge granted a temporary stay to daily sports fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel hours after a New York judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction demanding the fantasy sports companies cease operations in that state. The temporary stay was granted by Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Feinmanin [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist James Tugee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the potential impact of major changes to foreign businesses registering in Kenya… Kenya enacted the Companies Act No. 17 of 2015 on September 11, 2015, to replace the Companies Act Cap. 486 (1948) . Among the many changes that come with [...]
Russia’s Investigative Committee on Friday, charged former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky with multiple murders and attempted murders during the 1990s according to the Interfax agency. Khodorkovsky is accused of being the mastermind behind the killing of a local mayor, an executive officer and his bodyguards because their actions were in conflict with the interests of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Naree Chan of Legal Templates LLC discusses how technology can help with disparities in justice… The rich are getting richer. The poor are getting poorer. This has major implications for how justice is defined. The rich can afford big law firm prices, while the poor can qualify for free or subsidized legal [...]
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked lower court ruling allowing both partners in same-sex couples to be listed as the “birth parents” on birth certificates of their children. The court and state health department will, however, allow the three same-sex couples who brought suit to have their children’s birth certificates amended to list [...]
