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UN criticizes increased use of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed alarm over the increased use of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia, including increased use of torture to obtain confessions. According to OHCHR spokesperson Ruper (More) |
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Tunisia tries ex-president in absentia for killings of protesters
Former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] went on trial in absentia Tuesday before a military court. The trial will focus on who ordered snipers to kill 41 protesters during last year's Tunisian revolution (More) |
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Iran rejects allegations of 9/11 involvement after US judgment implicates them
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast denied [IRNA report, in Persian] that Iran was actively involved in the 9/11 attacks after allegations in Thursday's default judgment [text, PDF; findings of facts and conclusions, PDF] in Hav (More) |
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New York Times suing DOJ for information on targeted killings
The New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday alleging the government violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in refusing to release legal memoranda related to targeted killings of terror s (More) |
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183 countries ranked in annual corruption index
Transparency International (TI) Thursday released its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) [report, PDF; press release], again showing some governments failing to protect citizens from corruption, be it abuse of public resources, bribery or secr (More) |
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Tunisia military court convicts former president of torture
A Tunisian military court on Wednesday convicted former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on torture charges. Ben Ali and eight others were found guilty of the torture of 17 military generals in connection with a 1991 coup attempt. Ben (More) |
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Tunisia court convicts nephew of ex-president
A Tunisian criminal court Friday convicted a nephew of the wife of Tunisia's ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], immediately pronouncing an 18-year prison sentence for writing over USD $399 million in (More) |
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British Columbia Supreme Court upholds anti-polygamy law
The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled on Wednesday that a law banning polygamy was constitutional. The law was under challenge by two bishops of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) who claimed that the law (More) |
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Unintended Consequences: Gaddafi's Death and the Arab Spring
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Toone, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Class of 2012, has spent over two years working and studying in the Middle East, including six months as an embedded civilian social scientist with the First Armored (More) |
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China adopts new anti-terrorism legislation
China passed new anti-terrorism legislation on Saturday that will amend current criminals laws by providing a definition of "acts of terror" and establish ways for security forces to deal with such acts. The law defines "terrorists" as "those who or (More) |
Eighteenth Amendment came into effect
On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition.
Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.
