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Amnesty: Egypt arresting members of LGTBI community
Egyptian authorities are waging an anti-lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) campaign, having arrested a total of 33 individuals, according to a statement by Amnesty International (AI) on Monday. The crackdown began because of a (More) |
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The Hurricanes of September
JURIST Guest Columnists John Radsan of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Robert Delahunty of the University of St. Thomas School of Law discuss how President Trump can use the recent devastating hurricanes to make a national security argument to (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees (More) |
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Egypt acknowledges detainment of human rights lawyer
The Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution on Thursday acknowledged the detainment of Ibrahim Metwally, a human rights lawyer. Metwally was arrested three days prior after he was suspected of providing legal aid to the family of an Italian grad (More) |
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Rights groups urge Trump administration to sanction foreign individuals
A coalition of rights groups, led by Human Rights First , called on the US Departments of State and Treasury Wednesday to use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction foreign citizens accused of human violations and corrupt (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The US Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved $51.35 billion in funding on Thursday for state and foreign appropriations , including $10 million to help fund the UN agency that (More) |
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HRW: Egypt security forces systematically torture political detainees
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday that security forces under the administration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have systematically used torture methods against political detainees that likely amount to crimes against humanity. Accord (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Thursday expressed grave concern for Rohingya Muslims in Myanma (More) |
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UN rights experts express concern over blocked websites in Egypt
Two human rights experts with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a statement Wednesday detailing their concern over websites, including many news sites, that have been shutdown or blocked by the Egyptian governme (More) |
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Arab nations express willingness to begin talks with Qatar regarding demands
Foreign ministers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates stated on Sunday that the four nations are open to dialogue with Qatar regarding the 13 demands imposed against the Gulf state early last month. The demands against Q (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
