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Egypt announces arrest of accused Israeli spy
Egypt police have arrested an Egyptian engineer on charges of spying on an atomic research program for Israel, AP reported Tuesday. According to Egyptian High State Security Prosecutor Hisham Badawi, Muhammad Sayed Saber allegedly gave files from h (More) |
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Egypt government systematically abusing detainees: Amnesty report
Amnesty International Wednesday criticized Egypt for systematic human rights abuses of detainees in its police stations, military camps, and centers run by State Security Investigations (SSI). In a new report the international human rights organiz (More) |
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Egypt rights groups allege fraud, low voter turnout in constitutional referendum
Six Egyptian human rights organizations issued a report Tuesday alleging that only five percent of Egyptian citizens participated in last month's constitutional referendum , far lower than the 27 percent voting rate announced by Egyptian Justice (More) |
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Israel reviewing list of Palestinian prisoners who could be swapped for soldier
Israel is reviewing the names of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that Palestinian militants have demanded freed in exchange for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit [Times backgrounder; JURIST news archive], Israeli officials said Sunday. S (More) |
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Egypt officials say constitutional amendments passed in referendum
The Egyptian government said Tuesday that voters overwhelmingly approved 34 amendments to the country's constitution despite low voter turnout in the referendum overall. Egyptian Justice Minister Mamdouh Marei said that almost 76 percent of t (More) |
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Egypt constitutional referendum gets little attention from voters
Few Egyptians voted Monday in a referendum on proposed constitutional amendments in the face of a boycott by opposition parties that regard them as an attempt to take away basic rights. Most participating voters were either gathered by the governme (More) |
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Egypt president defends constitutional referendum amidst criticism
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official profile; JURIST news archive] Saturday defended proposed constitutional amendments - including those that will prohibit religious political parties and give the state sweeping power to prosecute terror-rel (More) |
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Four more Egypt opposition parties to boycott constitutional referendum
Egypt's four largest opposition parties - the Tagammu, Karama, Wafd and Nasserist parties - announced Thursday they will boycott next week's referendum on controversial constitutional amendments proposed last year by President Hosni Mubar (More) |
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Muslim Brotherhood to boycott Egypt constitutional referendum
Banned Egyptian opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] announced Wednesday that it plans to boycott next week's referendum on controversial constitutional amendments proposed last year by President Hosni M (More) |
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Egyptian cleric in Italy CIA rendition unable to identify abductors
Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] said in an interview [Der Spiegel report] published Monday that he will be unable to identify the alleged CIA kidnappers who he says abducted him from Italy in 2003 [ (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.
