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India's Archaic Turn on Equality
JURIST Guest Columnist Shubhankar Dam of the Singapore Management University School of Law says that Indian Supreme Court has dangerously rolled back the clock on LGBT rights, threatening the ongoing process of progressive reform in Asia ... (More) |
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Saudi Arabia court sentences rights activist to 4 years in prison, 300 lashes
A court in Saudi Arabia on Sunday sentenced political activist Omar al-Saeed to four years in prison and 300 lashes for urging Saudi Arabia to become a constitutional monarchy. Al-Saeed is the fourth member of the pro-democracy group Saudi Civil and (More) |
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US transfers 2 Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Monday that two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia . Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdulla Hamood had been held since 2002, but neither had been charged with a crim (More) |
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Why China Doesn't Really Want the Senkaku Islands
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of the Creighton University School of Law examines the ongoing dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands ... (More) |
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Saudi Arabia court sentences defendant to death for attack on US consulate
A criminal court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday sentenced a militant to death for his role in an attack on the US Consulate in Jeddah in 2004, in which five people died. The defendant, who was not named, is part of a 55-member terrorist cell wit (More) |
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Bahrain authorities arrest 2 former Guantanamo detainees
Bahraini authorities on Saturday arrested and charged two former Guantanamo Bay detainees for plotting an attack in Bahrain. Reports indicate authorities caught the former detainees as they attempted to cross into Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on the (More) |
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UN General Assembly elects states to serve on Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday elected 14 countries to a three-year term on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning January 1. The assembly chose Algeria, China, Cuba, France Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, South A (More) |
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Tunisia government prolongs state of emergency
The Tunisian government on Sunday decided to prolong the nation's state of emergency, which has been in effect since opposition forces ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in 2011. Ben Ali fled Tunisia t (More) |
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Rights groups: Middle East not adequately protecting domestic workers
Nations in the Middle East and North Africa are failing to provide protections for domestic workers, according to a joint report [text, PDF; press release] issued by three human rights organizations on Monday. The report was co-authored by Human Rig (More) |
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Kuwait court upholds 10-year prison sentence for Twitter commentator
An appeals court in Kuwait on Monday affirmed a 10-year prison sentence against Hamad al-Naqi, a commentator on Twitter for posts deemed offensive to Islam, according to rights activist Nawaf al-Handel. Al-Naqi was originally sentenced to 10 years (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
