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Youngest participant in Delhi gang rape free
The youngest participant in the violent 2012 Delhi gang rape which lead to the death of the victim was freed from jail Sunday after serving a three year sentence. The rape, on a moving bus, gathered international attention in 2012. A petition to ext (More) |
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Egypt lawyer challenges censorship law
Egyptian lawyer Nasser Amin on Saturday challenged a law that allows for writers to be jailed for writings that violate Egyptian "morals." The challenge came during the trial of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji, who could face a nearly USD $1,300 dollar f (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 2 in killing of detained lawyer
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced national security officers Omar Mahmoud and Mohamed el-Anwar for beating lawyer Karim Hamdi to death in Cairo last February. The court's decision is part of a series of cases seeking to end police brutality in (More) |
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Egypt researcher and freelance journalist detained for spreading false news
Egyptian researcher and freelance journalist, Ismail Alexandrani, was detained and interrogated upon his arrival in Egypt Tuesday for spreading false news. After an eight-hour interrogation Alexandrani was ordered to be jailed for 15 days pending a (More) |
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China court releases journalist from prison over declining health
Beijing's Third Intermediate People's Court on Friday released journalist Gao Yu on medical parole after the Higher People's Court upheld her conviction for leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website. Though she did receive med (More) |
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Security Council adopts resolution to fight ISIL
The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a new resolution calling on all member states to fight to eradicate the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) . Introduced by France in the wake of ISIL attacks that claimed (More) |
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Focus on Europe Neglects the Syrian Refugee Crisis
JURIST Guest Columnist Tendayi Achiume of UCLA School of Law discusses how the media's disproportionate focus on the European dimensions of the plight of Syrian refugees...For four years, much of the world has ignored the Syrian refugee crisis. In li (More) |
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Egypt authorities release prominent rights activist and journalist
Egyptian officials released human rights activist and journalist Hossam Bahgat on Tuesday after he signed a statement [Mada Masr report] promising to abide by legal procedures when reporting on matters concerning the Armed Forces. The statement also (More) |
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Egypt officials arrest prominent rights activist and journalist
Egyptian officials on Sunday arrested prominent human rights activist and journalist Hossam Bahgat after military officials questioned him concerning a report he wrote on the secret trial of former military officers . Bahgat, who writes for Mada Mas (More) |
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Egypt court postpones Mubarak retrial over 2011 killings
The Egyptian Court of Cassation on Thursday postponed the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak regarding his complicity in the killings of hundreds of protestors in the 2011 demonstrations that ousted his regime. Judge Anwar Gabri of the Egypt (More) |
US Supreme Court said FCC could reprimand radio station for broadcasting comedian Carlin's "Filthy Words"
On July 3, 1978, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Federal Communications Commission had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's Filthy Words sketch.
Read FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
