A court in Egypt on Monday confirmed death sentences for 183 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Morsi . The men were convicted in December of playing a role in an attack on a police station in the governate of Giza, known as the “Kerdasa massacre,” which resulted in the death [...]
An Al Jazeera reporter was released from prison on Sunday and deported after serving 400 days in a Cairo detention facility. Al Jazeera journalist and Australian national Peter Greste was imprisoned in Egypt after receiving a seven-year sentence for crimes that include supporting terrorist organizations. Greste and two other journalists were first arrested in December [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Eisner, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2015, is the author of the eleventh article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Eisner discusses the California’s School Success and Opportunity Act and transgender equality…Imagine you are a first grade boy. [...]
A German court said Monday that a 93-year-old man dubbed the “accountant of Auschwitz” will stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to the killing of 300,000 people. Oskar Groening, an SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp, claims he viewed many atrocities at the facility but never participated in the mass executions. [...]
The UN mission in Iraq said Sunday that at least 1,375 people have been killed in January due to violence amid the ongoing conflict . The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq found that out of those killed, approximately 790 were civilians. At least 1,469 civilians and 771 security forces were injured. The group also noted [...]
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Saturday announced a plan to end the country’s complete ban on abortions. Bachelet stated in a televised address that she has sent a bill to Congress that would allow abortion when a mother’s life is at risk, a fetus will not survive pregnancy or when a woman is raped. Chile, [...]
African leaders urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Saturday to drop cases against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto, or suspend the charges until African concerns are considered by the court. Bashir is accused of failing to respond to summons to answer to charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes [...]
Amnesty International (AI) said Sunday it has gathered evidence that the Egyptian government is covering up the deaths of more than two dozen people who died in protests on the anniversary of the 2011 uprisings. Twenty-seven people died in protests last week, including two women, a 10-year-old child and two members of the security forces. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed ‘Arafa of Alexandria University (Egypt) and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses the recent Egyptian criminal court’s order of a retrial of Muslim Brotherhood followers and whether the Egyptian criminal justice system should reform to stop the violation of international human rights … Recently, an Egyptian Criminal Court [...]
Venezuelan authorities on Friday passed new regulations that will allow soldiers to use deadly force against demonstrators if they feel that their lives are at risk. These regulations were passed after a span of violent protests last year, as an attempt to maintain order in the country. The Venezuelan ombudsman, Tarek Williams Saab, characterized the [...]
