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Egypt courts rule Muslim Brotherhood members can register for local elections
Several provincial Egyptian courts ruled Tuesday that members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] must be allowed to register as candidates in the upcoming local council elections in April, even as Egyptian police (More) |
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Egypt detains 26 more Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 26 additional members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] on Thursday, adding to the 54 members arrested on Tuesday and the 86 arrested Wednesday. The Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday tha (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Egyptian security officials arrested 54 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Tuesday, as Egypt began candidate registration for the upcoming April 8 provincial council elections . Egypt's provincial coun (More) |
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Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt violates right to free association
Joe Stork [Program Director, Middle East & North Africa, Human Rights Watch]: "New arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members have brought the total number arrested in the first two months of 2008 to more than 600. Egyptian officials say the grou (More) |
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Egypt police continue Muslim Brotherhood arrests ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Wednesday, following the arrest of 17 members on Tuesday. Muslim Brotherhood members believe the arrests targeted potential candidates for the (More) |
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Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood supporters illustrates limits to democracy in Egypt
Neil Hicks [International Policy Advisor, Human Rights First]: "Detaining political opponents is a control mechanism long favored by the Egyptian government. The continuing incarceration of Ayman Nour, apparently for having the temerity to chal (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 70 more Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 70 more members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Wednesday, most of whom were expected to run in upcoming provincial council elections scheduled for April 8 . Egypt's provincial co (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 51 Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Egyptian police on Sunday arrested 51 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], most of whom were expected to run in upcoming provincial council elections scheduled for April 8 . Egypt's provincial councils (More) |
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Kosovo Independence Will Succeed Despite Russian Legal Opposition
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that for historical and humanitarian reasons Kosovo's bid for self-determination will prevail over Russian legal objections despite the fact that the province' (More) |
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Federal court dismisses lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary over CIA rendition role
The US District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; case materials] against Jeppesen Dataplan Wednesday, ruling in favor of the US government's motion to dismiss on state secret grounds. The US Dep (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
