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Pakistan Assembly votes to continue use of military courts on terrorism suspects
The Pakistan National Assembly voted Tuesday to renew an amendment to the country's constitution that allows military tribunals to oversee civilians accused of terrorist-related crimes. Pakistan first made the amendment following an attack on a s (More) |
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Pakistan bill to allow Hindus to regulate their own marriages becomes law
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain signed into law the Hindu Marriage Bill 2017 on Sunday, allowing Pakistan's Hindus to regulate their own marriages. Hindus will be able to perform legal marriages in accordance with their religious customs. Accord (More) |
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Pakistan PM: blasphemy on social media must be punished
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stated on Tuesday that blasphemy is an "unpardonable offense" and ordered the state to remove such content from social media. In a Twitter post through the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [official website; Twitte (More) |
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Denmark man indicted for burning Quran
Prosecutors in North Jutland, Denmark , pressed blasphemy charges against a man on Wednesday for posting a video in which he burned a Koran. On Thursday the Danish Prosecution Service issued a formal indictment against the man. The prosecutor noted (More) |
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Pakistan court acquits 112 suspects in Christian home burning case
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court acquitted 112 individuals suspected of taking part in the 2013 burning of 150 Christian homes and two churches in the Lahore's Josep Colony. Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry, the lawyer defending the suspects, stated that th (More) |
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Indonesia authorites name Jakarta governor suspect in blasphemy case
The Governor of Jakarta, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, an open Christian, has been named by police as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation [Guardian report]. The announcement follows increasing protests calling for the governor's arrest as he has (More) |
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UN rights expert criticizes widespread censorship laws
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye said Thursday that governments are "wielding the tools of censorship" and cautioned that "the freedom of expression is under th (More) |
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Maldives president signs controversial defamation law
Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday signed into law a controversial bill criminalizing defamation with fines and jail terms despite widespread criticism. The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye issued a warning (More) |
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Egypt's New Cybercrime Law: Another Legislative Failure
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal of McKinney School of Law and Alexandria School of Law discusses the significance of Egypt's new cybercrime draft law... On May 10, 2016, the Egyptian House of Representatives began to consider a new 33-article (More) |
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Civil unrest in Pakistan following execution of bodyguard that killed liberal governor
Pakistani authorities on Monday prepared for civil unrest after the execution of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri in a high-security prison in Rawalpindi. Qadri is the killer of a former Pakistani governor of the Punjab province, Salmaan Taseer, who campa (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
