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Tunisia military court sentences former president to life
A Tunisian military court on Wednesday sentenced former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in absentia to life in prison in connection with his part in the killing of 22 protesters last year. Earlier on Wednesday Be (More) |
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Tunisia military court sentences former president to 20 years
A Tunisian military court on Wednesday convicted former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in absentia on charges of inciting violence and murder in connection with the death of four protesters in January 2011 and s (More) |
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US releases annual terrorism report
The US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on Wednesday published its 2011 Report on Terrorism which concluded that the total number of worldwide terrorism attacks has dropped 12 percent from 2010 and 29 percent from 2007. The report is compil (More) |
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Kuwait man sentenced to 10 years for posting insulting comments on Twitter
A Kuwait court on Monday sentenced a man to ten years of imprisonment for posting insulting and defaming comments about the Prophet Muhammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Twitter . Judge Hisham Abdullah found 26-year-o (More) |
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UN SG urges nations to increase counterterrorism efforts
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged countries on Sunday to increase their efforts to counter the prevalent threat of terrorism . At a second meeting of the advisory board of the UN Centre for Counter-Terrorism (UNCCT) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (More) |
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Tunisia judges strike to protest firings
The Tunisia Judges' Union went on strike Wednesday to protest a decision by Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri to fire more than 80 judges. According to the head of the Judge's Union, Raoudha Abidi, the judiciary's open-ended strike will not end un (More) |
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UN Human Rights Council calls special session on Syria
The UN Human Rights Council announced Wednesday that they will hold a special session this Friday to discuss the situation in Syria [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in light of last week's massacre in Houla. The announcement came after a w (More) |
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Hedges v. Obama: Defining 'Covered Persons' Under the NDAA
JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin of Lewis & Clark Law School says that the government's unwillingness to clearly define which activities would make someone a 'covered person' under section 1021 of the NDAA likely resulted in a US District Court ru (More) |
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Tunisia prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted president
A Tunisian military prosecutor called Wednesday for the death penalty in the trial of former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Currently exiled to Saudi Arabia, Ben Ali is being tried in absentia in a mil (More) |
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Connecticut governor signs death penalty repeal bill
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Wednesday signed legislation to repeal the death penalty . The bill was approved by the House and the Senate earlier this month. Upon signing the legislation, Malloy stated :My position on the appropriateness (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.
