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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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ACLU challenges Puerto Rico protest law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Puerto Rican law that limits the rights of protesters in the commonwealth. The new law, approved by Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno last week, bans certain ki (More) |
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Bahrain activist's daughter detained after protest
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) reported Friday that Zainab Al-Khawaja, the daughter of jailed pro-democracy activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], was detained Thursday by Bahraini police after protesting alo (More) |
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Bahrain tear gas use resulting in civilian deaths: report
The Bahrain government's indiscriminate use of tear gas against protesters is resulting in severe injuries and civilian deaths, according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Wednesday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . According to P (More) |
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Bahrain urged to release all prisoners of conscience
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged the government of Bahrain to release all prisoners of conscience immediately in the wake of an appeal by human rights activist Nabeel Rajab challenging his three-month sentence for comments he posted on (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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Bahrain rights activist sentenced to three months in jail
Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to three months in prison on Monday in connection to comments he posted on his Twitter page in June. Rajab was arrested last month for posting the comments to his page. He was released (More) |
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Bahrain authorities charge 15 police officers with abuse of prisoners
Bahraini authorities have brought charges against 15 police officers for alleged "mistreatment of inmates in custody," according to a press release by the Bahrain Information Affairs Authority (IAA) . The charges were brought after the government r (More) |
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AI: Greece police routinely use excessive force, violence
Greek police exhibit a pattern of using excessive force and violence against demonstrators and administrative detainees, including migrants, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. AI criticized Greek authorities for referring to instances of (More) |
Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights
On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.
Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.
