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HRW urges Saudi Arabia to drop apostasy charges against website editor
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Saudi Arabia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to dismiss a criminal case escalated last week to a senior Saudi court on apostasy charges. Website editor Raif Badawi, 30, was originally charged with “i (More) |
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Kabul Execution Spree Bodes Ill for Human Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Heather Barr, the Human Rights Watch researcher for Afghanistan, argues that the executions approved recently approved by Afghanistan's president are further distancing the country from its western support... (More) |
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North Carolina judge cites racial bias in commuting death sentences
North Carolina Judge Gregory Weeks ruled Thursday that racial discrimination played a role in jury selection that secured the death sentences of Tilmon Golphin, Christina Walters and Quintel Augustine, commuting their sentences. Under North Carolin (More) |
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US military judge upholds request to censor 9/11 conspirators' testimony
The chief US military judge for the Guantanamo Bay 9/11 military commission trial has approved the US government's request for a protective order . The order, made public Wednesday, effectively blocks the public's access to accused 9/11 conspirat (More) |
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'Show-me' the Facts: The Case for Warrantless Blood Tests in DWI Arrests
JURIST Guest Columnist Brendan Block, Saint Louis University School of Law Class of 2013, argues for exigency to apply to driving while intoxicated (DWI) suspects to allow for warrantless blood tests... (More) |
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Oklahoma high court strikes down state abortion laws
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down two state laws, HB 2780 and HB 1970 , limiting abortion rights for physicians and patients for unconstitutionality. The first law mandated that physicians must require that any patient seeking an a (More) |
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Federal judge rules US has jurisdiction over Somali pirates in murder trial
The Chief Judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Friday that Somalia's territorial waters extend no more than 12 miles from shore, concluding that the US has jurisdiction to prosecute a band of pirates accused of (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 8 Christians to death in symbolic trial over anti-Islam film
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced in absentia seven Coptic Christians and an American preacher to death on charges stemming from an anti-Muslim film, Innocence of Muslims , which sparked violent protests in the Middle East earlier this year. (More) |
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UN committee expresses concern for human rights in Iran
The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution expressing concern for continuing human rights violations in Iran. The committee specifically mentioned that Iran is using torture, inhumane treatment of prisoners, pub (More) |
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Protecting Children From Adult Manipulation
JURIST Guest Columnist Elizabeth Mastropolo, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the twelfth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Mastropolo argues that (More) |
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