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Egypt appeals court allows Muslim Brotherhood military trial to proceed
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled Monday that a military trial of forty top members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] can go forward. The trial is scheduled to resume on June 3. The holding reverses last week&# (More) |
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Egypt parliament strips two Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers of immunity
The Egyptian Parliament Wednesday deprived two Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] lawmakers of their official immunity. Under Egyptian law, legislators enjoy immunity from prosecution unless the parliament votes to remove it. Sabr (More) |
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Iraq parliament approves legal action against Al Jazeera for 'insulting' Shiite cleric
The Iraqi Council of Representatives Wednesday approved a measure to take legal action against Al Jazeera television for alleged insults against top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani [BBC profile; official website]. The measure followed (More) |
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Egypt court rejects presidential order for military trial of Muslim Brotherhood members
The Administrative Court in Egypt ruled Tuesday that a presidential order that forty top members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] be tried before a military court was invalid, holding that the members must be tried instea (More) |
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Human rights watchdogs criticize UN rights council
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has neglected to censure countries committing gross violations of human rights, including Cuba, Saudi Arabia and China, according to a report released Monday by rights watchdog group UN Watch . The report stated (More) |
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Italy judge rules CIA abduction trial can go forward
An Italian judge Friday rejected government arguments that Italian prosecutors had overstepped their authority in bringing charges against 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents and two former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abd (More) |
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Religious freedom imperiled in Iraq: US panel
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom Wednesday released its annual report on worldwide religious freedom , finding for the first time since the ouster of Saddam Hussein that freedom of religious worship in Iraq is under severe thre (More) |
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Egypt sentences reporter to jail for film of 'police torture'
An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced a television reporter with Al Jazeera to six months in prison for producing a film that depicts police torture. Howayda Taha was tried in absentia for her role in creating a film that Egyptian authorities say (More) |
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Egypt trial of Muslim Brotherhood members begins
Forty top members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] went before a secret military court in Egypt Thursday on charges of terrorism and money laundering. Defense lawyers announced that they would boycott the proceedin (More) |
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Italy court rules government can oppose indictment of agents in CIA abduction trial
The Italian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the Italian government can seek to quash the indictments of 33 American and Italian agents who allegedly kidnapped [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in (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.
