An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah to five years in prison in a retrial on charges stemming from the 2011 uprising. Abdel-Fattah, a secular activist, was initially charged in November 2013 and later sentenced to 15 years in prison under the country’s law criminalizing unauthorized protest. While Abdel-Fattah’s sentence was reduced on [...]
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Saturday that Washington is considering “additional sanctions” against Russia in light of the most recent events in Ukraine. In the statement, he accused Russia of engaging in “extraordinarily craven behavior at the expense of the sovereignty and integrity of a nation.” Russia has breached many stipulations of [...]
A federal judge for the Northern District of California on Friday dismissed a class action suit against Google for allegedly monopolizing search engines in Android phones. The plaintiffs in the case were two customers who purchased Samsung Galaxy mobile phones and sought to represent a class of Android purchasers. According to the claim, neither plaintiff [...]
Iran reportedly executed Saman Naseem, a juvenile offender who was 17 years-old when sentenced to death, despite international pressure to halt the execution. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) , it is unclear if the execution occurred on Thursday or Friday, but Naseem’s family was asked to collect his body. Now 22, Naseem was charged [...]
The Islamic State (IS) on Friday led suicide bombings in eastern Libya, killing at least 40 people and injuring 70 more. IS said this was the group’s way of retaliating against Egyptian airstrikes protesting the IS presence in Northern Africa. The bombings occurred in the Syrian-controlled town of Qubba, which could indicate further expansion of [...]
The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday condemned Iran for violating its duties under the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) , a negotiation between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia, whereby Iran has agreed to expand its nuclear program peacefully. The IAEA claims a UN report shows that [...]
Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to extend Greece’s financial rescue by four months, though the deal will not be ratified until next week after the list of reforms, including all the policy measures the government plans to take during the remainder of the bailout period, are approved. The agreement will give the government [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Brandon L. Garrett, of the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses Governor Tom Wolf’s death penalty moratorium … Is declaring a “time out” to the death penalty in Pennsylvania an abuse of the governor’s power “ignoring duly enacted law,” as prosecutors have claimed, or is it a much needed opportunity to [...]
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement yesterday revealed that Ban had spoken with Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin regarding the ceasefire in Ukraine. Ban expressed concern over the situation and informed Klimkin that the UN would continue to follow the Security Council’s guidance. The ceasefire began earlier this month after human [...]
Colorado residents filed two lawsuits Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado seeking federal action to close the recreational marijuana market. The lawsuits mark the first in-state legal action opposing the legalization of marijuana. The actions were filed by owners of a horse farm and owners of a Holiday Inn with [...]
