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Tunisia: Springtime for Defamation of Religion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert C. Blitt of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law argues that legislation recently introduced in Tunisia proposing to criminalize blasphemy underscores a pattern in predominantly Muslim countries that the (More) |
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Bahrain court jails man for insulting wife of Prophet Muhammad
A Bahrain court has sentenced a man to two years of imprisonment for making defamatory comments about a wife of the Prophet Muhammad . The 19-year-old man allegedly posted offensive comments on a website that insulted Muhammad's wife Aisha. The Bah (More) |
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Rights groups ask Saudi Arabia to make trials against activists public
Several international human rights groups have asked the Saudi Arabia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Ministry of Justice to allow them to observe the trials of four rights activists. In a letter sent to Saudi Justice Minister Mohammed al-E (More) |
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ECHR urged to review claims of CIA secret prison in Romania
The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) announced Monday that it urged the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to review allegations that Romania was involved in the torture and other ill-treatment of a Saudi Arabian currently facing a deat (More) |
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Former Saudi Arabia Guantanamo detainee surrenders
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of the Interior announced Monday that a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who had completed the country's militant rehabilitation program surrendered to Saudi authorities. Adnan al-Sayegh, who was placed in the Ministry's rehabi (More) |
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US State Department releases religious freedom report
The US Department of State (DOS) on Monday released its annual International Religious Freedom Report documenting threats to religious freedom throughout the world. The report documents current international threats to religious freedom—part (More) |
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UN releases additional funds for victims of Iraq invasion of Kuwait
The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday made available additional funds for the government of Kuwait [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in an amount of around $1.3 billion for losses suffered during 1990-1991 Iraqi invasion . The fu (More) |
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Asymmetric Warfare: The Strait of Hormuz and Future Crises
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says that the recent confrontation between a US warship and a foreign vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is the most recent in a history of incidents where time-tested tactics have shaped (More) |
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Kuwait criticized for treatment of Bidun minority
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the government of Kuwait on Friday for continuing to limit the rights of the Bidun. The Bidun jinsiyya, Arabic for "without nationality," are a class of illegal immigrants in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates ( (More) |
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UN SG calls for end to capital punishment
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on member states to abolish capital punishment. He welcomed the trend of abolishing the death penalty since the UN General Assembly endorsed a call for a moratorium on capital punishment in 2007 (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.
