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Egypt president calls for amendment of criticized constitution
Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak [official website; BBC profile] called for the country's parliament to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution Sunday amid criticism from the opposition that the article effectively protects the ruling par (More) |
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US frees last Guantanamo detainees deemed not enemy combatants
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Friday that it had released three detainees from Guantanamo Bay who Combatant Status Review Tribunals had determined not to be enemy combatants . The US Department of State said later that the gove (More) |
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US vetoes UN resolution urging Israel to respect international humanitarian law in Gaza
The United States Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on November 8 that resulted in the deaths of at least 18 civilians and calling on Israel "to scrupulously abide b (More) |
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Italy prosecutors introduce new abuse evidence in CIA kidnapping probe
Italian prosecutors have reportedly added an 11-page handwritten note to their compilation of evidence in the case of the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] of Egyptian cleric Moustafa Hassan Nasr in Italy. In the note, (More) |
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Egypt president cautions against Saddam execution
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official website; BBC profile] spoke out against the pending execution of Saddam Hussein Thursday, saying it could push Iraq into even greater violence. Mubarak, believed to share the views of many Arab leaders, to (More) |
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Italy prosecutor presses for extradition of CIA agents linked to Milan kidnapping
Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro said Tuesday that his office is once again pressing for the extradition of 26 Americans for their role in the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] of Egyptian cleric Moustafa Hassan Nasr f (More) |
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Italy court convicts suspect in 2004 Madrid bombings
An Italian court on Monday convicted Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for his role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , sentencing him to ten years in prison. Ahmed's trial began earlier this year and marks the first conviction for any suspect (More) |
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Sadat nephew sentenced to prison for defaming Egyptian military
The nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was sentenced to a year in prison by a military tribunal Tuesday for his comments implicating the military in the assassination of his uncle over 25 years ago . Talat Al-Sadat, a politician fro (More) |
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Egypt may amend constitution to permit true multi-party elections
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official website, in English; BBC profile] said Sunday he was optimistic that a proposed amendment to the Egyptian constitution to permit multi-candidate direct elections for the Egyptian presidency will pass when (More) |
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North Korea, Middle East nations urged to join chemical weapons ban
Rogelio Pfirter , director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has urged North Korea and several Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, to join the Chemical Weapons Convention (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.
