The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled Saturday that the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is a terrorist organization. The decision was based on lawsuits alleging that Hamas is responsible for multiple attacks against Egyptian security forces, which have resulted in casualties and deaths. Hamas official Mushir al-Masri condemned the decision , calling it “a coup [...]
An Indian court in Gujarat on Friday acquitted six individuals for their roles in the deaths of three British people during the 2002 Gujarat riots . The riots began following the death of 60 Hindus in a fire aboard a train for which Muslims were blamed. The riots resulted in death of more than 2,000 [...]
UN Special Rapporteur Urmila Bhoola on Thursday lauded Belgium’s multi-disciplinary approach to combating modern slavery but encouraged the country to adopt stronger measures to raise public awareness of the problem and increase regulatory focus on proper victim detection and identification. In particular, Bhoola stressed that all “front-line actors” such as police, social and health services [...]
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Thursday signed a legislative measure aimed at permitting use of medical marijuana oils for individuals suffering from severe forms of epilepsy. The bill permits the use of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THC-A) oils by providing an affirmative defense to charges of possession for those suffering from intractable epilepsy, as [...]
A Belgrade court on Friday considered whether to wipe the treason conviction against General Draza Mihailovic for his efforts supporting the Nazi regime during World War II. Serbian nationals showed up in droves to the courthouse to witness the decision on Mihailovic’s oft contested legacy, and resolve a dispute that has divided the country for [...]
Two senior UN relief officials expressed concern Thursday about the brutal violence that continues to plague Syria as a result of the country’s internal conflict. In a presentation to the UN Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-Wha Kang explained that conflict participants injure the civilian population not only [...]
The parents Thailand’s former crown princess Srirasmi Suwadee were arrested Friday after confessing to defamation of the royal family in violation of the nation’s lese majeste law . The law, which criminalizes defamation to protect the royal family, carries with it a maximum sentence of 15 years in jail. Srirasmi’s parents, Apiruj and Wanthanee, confessed [...]
Nepal’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected amnesty for perpetrators of serious human rights abuses during the decade-long civil war that left more than 17,000 dead. The court struck down the amnesty provision from the law and said the consent of the victims is necessary for any reconciliation. The law was introduced last year to set [...]
A judge in Argentina on Thursday dismissed criminal allegations against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that had been brought by a prosecutor who accused her of conspiring to shield Iranian officials from responsibility for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Judge Daniel Rafecas found that the criminal complaint , which was [...]
Egyptian authorities on Thursday detained two police officers over allegations that they tortured a lawyer to death inside a Cairo police station. The detentions came after Prosecutor Mohammed Abdel-Shafi summoned seven police officers from the station where the event took place. Five were released and the remaining two have not yet been charged. According to [...]
