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Japan parliament approves controversial counterterrorism law
Japan's parliament, the National Diet , passed a controversial "anti-conspiracy" bill on Thursday aimed at improving security and combating terrorism. Critics of the new bill, including the Japanese Bar Association and a UN Special Rapporteur , worry (More) |
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UN: Saudi's demolition of historic neighborhood violates human rights
Three UN experts on cultural rights, extreme poverty and adequate housing urged the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to stop the demolition of a 400-year-old neighborhood in Awamia on Wednesday. According to Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrai (More) |
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Trump calls on the international community to fight terrorism
On Sunday President Trump called on the leaders of the Middle East to join in the fight against terrorism. During the speech given to the Arab Islamic American Summit , international leaders were urged to collectively solve the problems of terrorism (More) |
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Victims of Rape and Law: How the Laws of the Arab World Protect Rapists, Not Victims
JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Haddad, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses laws in Arab countries that protect rapists and further oppress rape victims.... In the Arab world, women are under systematic discrimination socially, politicall (More) |
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UN expert: Saudi Arabia anti-terrorism policies threaten rights
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson said Thursday that Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism laws are too broad and post a threat to individual rights. He (More) |
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Insurance companies seek $4.2B from Saudi Arabia banks, other organizations in 9/11 lawsuit
Over two dozen US insurance companies associated with Travelers Companies initiated a lawsuit on Wednesday against ten defendants over the September 11 terrorist attacks, including companies affiliated with Osama bin Laden's family, Saudi banks and (More) |
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Deportation as a Crime Against Humanity
JURIST Guest Columnist Ali Khan discusses the potential deportation of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, and international documents' and treaties' prohibition on state actions like deportation...Threats of deportations are evo (More) |
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Tunisia court sentences UK DJ to prison for offending public morality
A Tunisian Court sentenced British DJ Dax J to a year in prison on Thursday for public indecency and offending public morality after the artist played a remix of the Muslim call to prayer in a nightclub. The nightclub was subsequently shut down an (More) |
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Egypt court strikes down ruling, allows transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia
The Egypt Court of Urgent Matters on Sunday struck down a ruling by the Egypt High Administrative Court regarding the transfer of two uninhabited Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian government transferred the two islands , Tiran (More) |
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Taiwanese Sunflower Movement protestors acquited
On Friday, twenty-two members of the so-called Sunflower Movement were acquitted of charges related [Taiwan News report] to their 2014 occupation of the Legislative Yuan. The activists were protesting plans to pass a trade deal with China. The prote (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.
