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Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] issued indictments for 22 people on charges of participating in or collaborating with a terrorist organization that recruits fighters to aid al Qaeda in Iraq, the Spanish N (More) |
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DOJ urges court to dismiss lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary for CIA rendition role
The US Department of Justice has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to dismiss a lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan on the grounds that the case would disclose classified information regarding the Central Intelligen (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules wrongful 9/11 detainee can sue FBI interrogator
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that an Egyptian student wrongly detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks may sue the FBI agent who interrogated him. Abdallah Higazy appealed a ruling by the US District Court for the So (More) |
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US moves up in annual world press freedom index
The United States has gained ground as a country protecting press freedom, according to the sixth annual Worldwide Index of Freedom issued Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) . RWB listed Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan at the bottom (More) |
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Egypt newspaper editor goes on trial for Mubarak 'rumors'
The trial of controversial al-Dustour editor Ibrahim Eissa [al-Ahram profile] on charges of allegedly spreading "rumors" about the health of Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in an August newspaper report began in Cairo Monday. Eissa chos (More) |
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Egypt rejects US criticism on alleged rights violations
Egypt Wednesday called US criticism of its alleged rights violations "unacceptable," labeling a Monday White House statement [text; JURIST report] about the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid as "interference" (More) |
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US criticizes Egypt for alleged rights violations
The Bush administration expressed concern Monday about recent "setbacks on press freedom and civil society" in Egypt. Commenting on a recent Egyptian government order mandating the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid , Wh (More) |
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UN urges US ratification of nuclear test-ban treaty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the US and nine other countries to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on Tuesday, saying that the ratification would "move us toward the larger goals of ridding the world of nuclear weapon (More) |
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Egypt bans social gathering of opposition Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian government has banned an annual gathering of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] as part of its crackdown on opposition to the Egyptian government, a Brotherhood official said Sunday. The Brotherhood gathers annual (More) |
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Rights groups accuse Egypt of limiting press freedoms after court jails editors
Amnesty International and Reporters without Borders Friday accused Egypt of clamping down on freedom of the press after a court sentenced the editors of four tabloids for publishing criticisms of President Hosni Mubarak and the ruling National Dem (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.
