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Egypt government releases Shiite activists who criticized torture
The Egyptian government has released two Shiite activists held in Egyptian custody since October who repeatedly criticized the systematic torture of prisoners in Egyptian custody. Mohammed al-Dereini and Ahmed Sobh are charged with “promoting (More) |
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Egypt police officers sentenced to 7 years for torture death
An Egyptian court sentenced three police officers to seven years in prison late Tuesday for torturing 38-year-old carpenter Nasr Abdullah to death in July. The sentencing is part of the country's recent crackdown on police brutality. Earlier thi (More) |
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UN committee approves death penalty moratorium
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution [text; JURIST report], including Singapore, Eg (More) |
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Opponents argue against UN death penalty moratorium
Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution [text; JURIST report] to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled to vote on the resolution Th (More) |
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US House must uphold truth and justice with Armenian genocide resolution
Frank V. Zerunyan, Esq. [Chairman, Board of Governors of the Armenian Bar Association; Mayor Pro Tem, City of Rolling Hills Estates]: "The People's House of the United States of America must follow its tradition and uphold the truth above al (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 2 police officers for detainee torture
An Egyptian court sentenced two police officers to three years in prison Monday for torturing a bus driver after video clips of the incident circulated on video-sharing website YouTube . Islam Nabih, a police captain, and Reda Fathi, a non-commiss (More) |
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Australia court denies ex-Guantanamo detainee passport
The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal has denied former Australian Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib a request to regain his passport, Habib's lawyer said Friday, citing his likelihood "to engage in conduct that might prejudice t (More) |
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Italy judge suspends CIA rendition trial again pending Constitutional Court ruling
The Italian judge presiding over the trial of 26 US CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr on Wednesday suspended the trial until March 12, 2008. J (More) |
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Italy court affirms terror conviction of suspect also charged in 2004 Madrid bombings
An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate from those (More) |
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Egypt court convicts opposition leader, journalists of libel
Two Egyptian journalists and an opposition leader have been sentenced to a month in prison after being convicted in absentia of libel, court officials said Sunday. The journalists, Anwar el-Hawari and Younes Darwish, of opposition party Al-Wafd' (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.
