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UN rights experts: Pakistan must halt execution of man with psychosocial disability
Four UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on Pakistan to halt the execution of Imdad Ali, a mentally disabled man that was convicted of murder in 2001. The experts called Imdad Ali's execution "unlawful and tantamount to an arbitrary execution (More) |
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Republic of Congo Foreign Minister welcomes new constitution
The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo , Jean-Claude Gakosso, embraced the country's new constitution on Saturday before the UN General Assembly , which he said will improve political, economic and social governance. The new constitution, whi (More) |
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Proposition 62 Appeals to the Better Angels of Our Nature
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Cooper discusses Proposition 62...No righteous, freedom-loving Californian believes human beings should be executed for possessing or selling pot. Indeed, we rightly cringe at the megalomaniac entreaties (such as, kill (More) |
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HRW urges Pakistan not to execute man with mental illness
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon Pakistani authorities Monday to stop the execution of Imdad Ali, a mentally disabled man, which is scheduled for Tuesday. HRW expressed its belief that "executing people with mental health conditions is an affro (More) |
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Oklahoma executions stayed until agreement reached on new procedures
Oklahoma will have a two-year delay in lethal injections after the government board of the prison system declined to consider new execution procedures on Tuesday. After a botched execution in 2014 and numerous drug mix-ups in 2015, Attorney General S (More) |
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Palestine court suspends presidential election in West Bank, Gaza Strip
The Palestinian High Court of Justice in Ramallah ordered the suspension of local elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The first presidential election to take place in a decade was scheduled for October 8. The court suspended (More) |
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UN rights chief criticizes western demagogue leaders
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday unleashed a scathing criticism of Western "demagogues," accusing them of spreading populist xenophobia and racism. At issue for Zeid was the recent eleven point manifesto releas (More) |
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Bangladesh authorities execute Islamist party leader for war crimes
Bangladesh executed a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party on Saturday for war crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence. Mir Quasem Ali was accused of murder, confinement, torture, and inciting religious hatred. In all, five lead (More) |
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UN: civilians bearing brunt of violence in Iraq
The UN said on Thursday that civilians bear the biggest brunt of terrorism [UN report, press release] and violence in Iraq, reporting that civilians "accounted for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August." Out of 691 i (More) |
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Missouri reporter sues over exclusion from being an execution witness
A reporter sued Missouri's prisons chief in federal court on Wednesday for excluding him from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the lawsuit on behalf of Christopher McDaniel , a reporter whose stories have (More) |
Edict of Nantes gave equal rights to French Protestants
On April 13, 1598, French King Henry IV promulgated the Edict of Nantes, giving equal rights to French Protestants (Hugenots) and Catholics.
Review the complete text of the Edict in French and read key excerpts in English. The 400th anniversary of the Edict was marked in a 1998 Paris ceremony.
