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Egypt president approves controversial NGO law
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed a controversial NGO law that was approved by the Parliament in November. The law was published in the Official Gazette on Monday went into effect Tuesday. The legislation will create a new government (More) |
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Australia to ban pedophiles from traveling overseas
An Australian official announced plans Tuesday to introduce new legislation that will prevent registered sex offenders from traveling overseas in an effort to prevent pedophiles from taking part in child sex trafficking. Registered sex offenders wou (More) |
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Trump calls on the international community to fight terrorism
On Sunday President Trump called on the leaders of the Middle East to join in the fight against terrorism. During the speech given to the Arab Islamic American Summit , international leaders were urged to collectively solve the problems of terrorism (More) |
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Egypt judicial council nominates head despite amended law
Egypt's State Council General Assembly on Saturday nominated their own council head despite a recent amendment reserving that right for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . The nomination follows a contentious debate over amending the judiciary laws (More) |
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Victims of Rape and Law: How the Laws of the Arab World Protect Rapists, Not Victims
JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Haddad, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses laws in Arab countries that protect rapists and further oppress rape victims.... In the Arab world, women are under systematic discrimination socially, politicall (More) |
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UN rights chief: Egypt security measures encouraging radicalization
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Monday that Egypt's recent security measures have been encouraging the very radicalization they were trying to control. In a press conference in Geneva, al-Hussein criticized the (More) |
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Egypt court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to death
The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday gave Muslim Brotherhood leader Wagdy Ghoneim a death sentence in absentia. He was found guilty of forming an outlaw cell from 2003 to 2015, for obstructing the constitution and state institution, assaulting citiz (More) |
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Emergency Declared: Stabbing the Rule of Law in Egypt
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, a professor at Alexandria University School of Law and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses how the revival of the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 can negatively impact the rule of law (More) |
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Egypt president signs law giving him authority to appoint head judges
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified a law Thursday that will allow him to appoint head judges in the country's highest courts. The amended law, which was ratified [Youm7 report, in Arabic] when it was published in the official gazette , (More) |
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Israel appoints first woman to religious court
Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked confirmed Tuesday that the country's Judicial Appointments Committee has approved the first female judge to a Muslim religious court. Both Jewish Rabbinical and Muslim Sharia courts hear marriage, divorce and (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
