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UN report: girls facing violence for seeking education
Girls have been attacked in at least 70 countries for seeking education, according to a new UN report [text, PDF; press release] released Monday. The report states, "he educational rights of girls and women are often targeted due to the fact that th (More) |
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Egypt court to consider lawsuit claiming Turkey a supporter of terrorism
An Egyptian court on Saturday set February 24 as the date that it will consider a lawsuit that claims Turkey is a "state that supports terrorism" and must be designated as such. The lawsuit claims that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan support (More) |
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UN calls for reinstatement of Yemeni president
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Yemen to reinstate President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Jamal Benomar, the Special Advisor on Yemen, met with leaders of the rebel group known as Al Houthis in Sana'a. Six Arab nations, including Saudi (More) |
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US judge sentences Egyptian lawyer to 25 years on terrorism charges
Adel Abdel Bary, a member of al Qaeda and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. The Egyptian national pleaded guilty last September to threatening to kill, injure, intimidate, (More) |
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Egypt top court confirms death sentence for Islamist
Egypt's top appeals court on Thursday upheld a death sentence [Ahram Online report; warning graphic image] against an Islamist charged with murder as well as sentences for 57 other supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood . Video footage of the Islamist (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 230 protesters to life in prison
An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced 230 protesters to life in prison, finding them guilty of taking part in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo in December 2011. Among those sentenced, was prominent activist Ahmed Doum (More) |
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Egypt court confirms death sentence for 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters
A court in Egypt on Monday confirmed death sentences for 183 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. The men were convicted in December of playing a role in an attack on a (More) |
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Al Jazeera journalist released from Egypt prison
An Al Jazeera reporter was released from prison on Sunday and deported after serving 400 days in a Cairo detention facility. Al Jazeera journalist and Australian national Peter Greste was imprisoned in Egypt after receiving a seven-year sentence for (More) |
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Amnesty: Egypt government covering up deaths on anniversary of uprising
Amnesty International (AI) said Sunday it has gathered evidence that the Egyptian government is covering up the deaths of more than two dozen people who died in protests on the anniversary of the 2011 uprisings. Twenty-seven people died in protest (More) |
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Egypt's Judiciary: Reform in the Criminal Justice System or Violation of International Human Rights Law?
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed 'Arafa of Alexandria University (Egypt) and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses the recent Egyptian criminal court's order of a retrial of Muslim Brotherhood followers and whether the Egyptian (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.
