| Posts |
|
Egypt court sentences 21 to death over soccer stadium disaster
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 21 people who were found guilty of involvement in last year's Port Said soccer stadium disaster to the death penalty. The ruling comes almost a year after the February 1, 2012 tragedy that killed 74 people an (More) |
|
Federal judge sentences US citizen to 35 years for role in Mumbai terror attack
Judge Harry Leinenweber of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday issued a 35-year prison sentence to David Coleman Headley for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news ar (More) |
|
India panel suggests legal reforms in response to rape incident
An Indian government commission published its report Wednesday recommending numerous reforms in the way the nation's legal institutions handle rape cases. The report was created by a panel led by Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma which was established (More) |
|
UN report details abuse, torture of Afghanistan detainees
Prisoners in some Afghan-run detention facilities are still being beaten and tortured, according to an annual report released Sunday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) . UNAMA interviewed 635 conflict-related detainees in detention (More) |
|
US military judge denies defense motions in 9/11, USS Cole trials
The chief US military judge at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday denied defense motions filed in both the 9/11 military commission trial and the 2000 USS Cole bombing trial. Defense counsel for accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (More) |
|
Maryland governor to introduce death penalty repeal
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced on Tuesday that he will file legislation to repeal capital punishment in the state of Maryland . O'Malley stated that the death penalty was expensive and ineffective. The governor had previously attempte (More) |
|
Saudi Arabia court convicts Egypt rights lawyer of drug smuggling
A Saudi Arabian court on Tuesday convicted prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed el-Gezawi of smuggling drugs. Despite requests from Saudi prosecutors for the death penalty, el-Gezawi was given a sentence of five years imprisonment and 300 l (More) |
|
Judge overturns former Egypt president's conviction, orders retrial
An Egyptian appeals judge on Sunday overturned former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] conviction and life sentence and ordered a retrial for the former president on the charge of failure to prevent the killing o (More) |
|
UN SG calls for reform to protect women in India
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on India's government to "strengthen critical services for rape victims," expressing sympathy for the family of the 23-year-old medical student who died from injuries sustained in a gang-rape las (More) |
|
India charges six suspects with murder after death of gang rape victim
Police in New Delhi, India on Saturday charged six men with the murder of a woman who died from injuries sustained in a gang-rape. The woman, a 23-year-old medical student, was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi on December 16 and died in a Singapore (More) |
This Day Posts
Jurist This Day Posts.
