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Iran court sentences former vice president to 5 years in prison
The Iran Supreme Court sentenced former vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi to more than five years in prison and imposed a fine of 10 billion rials (USD $360,000), the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Wednesday. Rahimi was also ordere (More) |
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Amnesty: Egypt failing to protect women from violence
The Egyptian government is failing to protect women's rights and end violence against women, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. AI reports that women and girls face violence in all aspects of life, including in public and at home. Acco (More) |
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International Response to Torture Report
Shortly before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence declassified the torture report, the UN Committee Against Torture released their own report condemning the US for failure to comply with the international Convention Against Torture treaty (More) |
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Mubarak fraud conviction overturned
A court in Egypt on Tuesday overturned the convictions of embezzlement for former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] and ordered a retrial. Mubarak was sentenced in May to three years after being found guilty of embezz (More) |
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Egypt court aquits 26 men arrested in 'gay' raid
An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men arrested during a police raid of a bathhouse in search of gay men. The raid and ensuing trial were highly publicized, leading many of the charged men to hide their faces throughout the process. The charge (More) |
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New York court sentences Muslim cleric to life imprisonment
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday sentenced Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to life in prison for supporting terrorism. Hamza was convicted and found guilty of (More) |
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UN SG condemns attack against French magazine employees
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday spoke out against the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , expressing his shock and appall at at the actions of the terrorists who carried it out. The attack was perpetrated by m (More) |
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Kuwait authorities detain former lawmaker for tweets critical of Egypt
Authorities in Kuwait on Wednesday ordered the 10-day detainment of former lawmaker Saleh al-Mullah for tweets criticizing the Gulf country's leader Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his support for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi [BBC p (More) |
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Kuwait lawmaker facing legal action for supporting sale of alcohol
Nabil al-Fadhl, a member of the Kuwait parliament said Sunday that he may be charged with insulting the predominantly-Muslim nation after making a comment in support of the legalized sale of alcohol. The lawmaker first introduced a proposal to repe (More) |
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US embassy bombing suspect dies in hospital
Alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi, accused of involvement in the bombings of US embassies in Africa, died in a US hospital Friday. Al Libi was captured by US military special forces in Libya in 2013 and brought to the US to stand trial. T (More) |
Continental Congress adopted Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence separating the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
Learn more about Independence Day from the Library of Congress.
