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Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of Rumsfeld torture suit
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a torture suit against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld [ABC news backgrounder; JURIST news archive] brought by four Afghan and five Iraqi c (More) |
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Nephew of Tunisia ex-president Ben Ali sentenced to 15 years in absentia
A Tunisian court Wednesday sentenced in absentia nephew of ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to 15 years in prison for issuing bad checks, according to a Tunisian state media report. A trial court in (More) |
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Tunisia ex-president Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 years
Former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and his wife were sentenced Monday by a Tunisian court after being found guilty in absentia on charges of theft and unlawful possession of money and jewelry. The tw (More) |
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Trial of Tunisia ex-president Ben Ali begins in absentia
The trial in absentia of former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] began Monday, over charges ranging from murder and conspiracy to trafficking and drug use. Ben Ali fled Tunisia to Saudi Arabia in January (More) |
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Former Tunisia president denies allegations before trial
The lawyer representing former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Sunday denied the numerous charges facing his client, which range from murder and conspiracy to drug use. Ben Ali's trial in absentia bef (More) |
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International labor body passes new convention to protect rights of domestic workers
The International Labor Organization (ILO) adopted a new convention at its annual conference in Geneva Thursday to protect domestic workers' labor rights. The 100 Session of the International Labor Conference came to a close Friday. The conventio (More) |
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Rights group appeals dismissal of Guantanamo suicide case
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Monday appealed the dismissal of a case over two Guantanamo Bay detainees,Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia and Salah Al-Salami of Yemen, who committed suicide while in detention in 2006. The CCR filed (More) |
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Rights group urges stop to Saudi executions
Amnesty International (AI) called Friday for a halt to executions in Saudi Arabia , claiming there is often a lack of basic procedural due process. AI cited a disturbing increase in executions in 2011, which they claim often rely solely on the bas (More) |
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Bahrain doctors, nurses on trial for treating injured protesters
A Bahrain court on Monday arraigned 47 doctors and nurses on charges of trying to overthrow the government and participating in illegal demonstrations when they helped treat injured protesters. The doctors and nurses were stationed primarily at the (More) |
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Supreme Court rules Ashcroft immune from suit over witness detention
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd that a witness in a terror investigation cannot challenge the constitutionality of an objectively reasonable arrest pursuant to a validly obtained (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.
